Phonology (noun)
fon-ol-o-gee
the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.
First recorded in 1790–1800; phono- + -logy
Example sentences
“He was chosen for the job learning about dialects because he’d studied phonology.”
Ireful (adj) ayur-ful full of intense anger; wrathful. Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; ire, -ful (more…)
