Vocoid (adj/noun)
vok-oyd
of or relating to a sound produced without stoppage or obstruction of the flow of air in the vocal tract; vowellike./A vocoid sound
First recorded in 1940–45; voc(al) + -oid
Example sentences
“Consider certain weak vocoids as constituting nonsignificant transition sounds”
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