phonate

  • 1phonate — index enunciate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2phonate — [fō′nāt΄] vi. [ PHON(O) + ATE1] phonated, phonating to produce speech sounds; esp., to utter a voiced sound or sounds phonation n …

    English World dictionary

  • 3phonate — intransitive verb (phonated; phonating) Date: 1876 to produce vocal sounds and especially speech • phonation noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 4phonate — /foh nayt/, v.t., v.i., phonated, phonating. 1. Phonet. to provide (a sound source, and hence the pitch) for a given voiced continuant or vowel, through rapid, periodic glottal action. 2. to vocalize. [1875 80; PHON + ATE1] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 5phonate — Synonyms and related words: articulate, breathe, chime, chorus, come out with, communicate, convey, deliver, disclose, emit, enunciate, express, fling off, formulate, give, give expression, give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give voice,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 6phonate — fəʊneɪt / fəʊ neɪt v. express vocally; make vocal sounds …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 7phonate — pho·nate …

    English syllables

  • 8phonate — pho•nate [[t]ˈfoʊ neɪt[/t]] v. i. nat•ed, nat•ing phn to produce a sound, esp. a speech sound, by vibration of the vocal cords • Etymology: 1875–80; < Gkphōn(ḗ)voice (see phono ) + ate I pho•na′tion, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 9phonate — [c]/ˈfoʊneɪt/ (say fohnayt) verb (phonated, phonating) –verb (i) 1. to produce speech sounds by vibration of the vocal bands; vocalise. –verb (t) 2. to utter (a sound). {Greek phōnē voice + ate1} –phonation /foʊˈneɪʃən/ (say foh nayshuhn) …

  • 10phonate — v.intr. utter a vocal sound. Derivatives: phonation n. phonatory adj. Etymology: Gk phone voice …

    Useful english dictionary