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Speech Organ

Definition: Speech Organ

Speech Organ

Noun

1. Any of the organs involved in speech production.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Speech Organ

Synonym: vocal organ (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Speech organ

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Speech organss produce the many sounds needed for language. Organs used include the lips, teeth, tongue, alveolar ridge, hard palate, velum (soft palate), uvula and glottis.

See also: phonetics, vocal loading, human anatomy

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Speech organ."

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Crosswords: Speech Organ

English words defined with "speech organ": articulator. (references)

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Modern Translation: Speech Organ

Language Translations for "speech organ"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

taleorgan (vocal organ). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

spraakorgaan (vocal organ). (various references)

   

French

  

appareil vocal, appareil de phonation. (various references)

   

German

  

Sprechwerkzeug (vocal organ), Sprechorgan (organ of speech). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

beszélőszerv. (various references)

   

Italian

  

organo vocale, apparato vocale (vocal organ, vocal tract), apparato fonatorio (articulators, articulatory organs, vocal organ). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eechspay organay

   

Spanish

  

órgano del habla. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Speech Organ

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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