Formant

Quick meaning: Formant is a noun meaning (linguistic morphology) Synonym of formative (“a language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function”).

Meaning

(linguistic morphology) Synonym of formative (“a language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function”).

More Meanings

1. (physics, phonetics) A band of frequencies in a sound spectrum that have greater intensity and determine the quality of a sound, especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.

Example Sentences

The resonances of the vocal tract are called formants. Trying to hear the separate formants in a vowel is difficult. We are so used to a vowel being a single meaningful entity that it is difficult to consider it as a sound with separable bits. But it is possible to say vowels so that some of their component parts are more obvious.

Word Forms

• formants

Synonyms for formant

Depending on context, synonyms include formative.

Related Words

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