Synonyms for speech sound in the sense of this definition

• phone
• sound

(speech sound is a kind of ...) one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed

• language unit
• linguistic unit

(... is a kind of speech sound ) (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

• phoneme

(... is a kind of speech sound ) a speech sound made with the vocal tract open

• vowel
• vowel sound

(... is a kind of speech sound ) a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

• glide
• semivowel

(... is a kind of speech sound ) a speech sound that is not a vowel

• consonant

(... is a kind of speech sound ) a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)

• orinasal
• orinasal phone

(... is a kind of speech sound ) a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords

• sonant
• voiced sound

(... is part of speech sound) the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

• utterance
• vocalization

(speech sound belongs to category ...) the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

• phonetics