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consonant noun
a basic speech sound in which the breath is at least partly obstructed and which can be combined with a vowel to form a syllable. Contrasted with vowel . • a letter representing a consonant.
(From The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised)
 
 
 
vowel noun
a speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, and which is a unit of the sound system of a language that forms the nucleus of a syllable. ...
(From The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised)
 
 
 
diphthong noun
a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves towards another (as in coin , loud , and side ). Often contrasted with monophthong , triphthong . • a digraph representing the sound ...
(From The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised)
 
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“kestrel”: ({sm}k{ope}str{shti}l)
 
Phonology:  Originally: the science of speech sounds and pronunciation, esp. as they occur in a particular language. Now: the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of phonological relationships within a language or between different languages; the system of contrastive and phonotactic relations among the speech sounds of a particular language.
 
(kr{schwa}{shtu}// cuervo)  Forms: 1 crawe, 3-7 crowe, 4- crow, (6 krowe, croo(e, 6-7 croe); north. 3-6 crawe, 5- craw. [OE. cráwe f., corresp. to OS. krâia, MLG. krâge, krâe, krâ, LG. kraie, kreie, MDu. kraeye, Du. kraai, OHG. chrâwa, chrâja, chrâ, crâwa, crâ, MHG. kræe, krâwe, krâ, Ger. krähe; a WG. deriv. of the vb. crâwan, crâian to CROW, q.v.]