nounDownload🔗ShareA band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.Examples:"Analyzing the formant frequencies in the recorded speech helped the software identify which vowel sounds the speaker was pronouncing. "phoneticslinguisticssoundfrequencymusiclanguagesignalcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounDownload🔗ShareA morpheme occurring as an affix to a root or stem, forming an extended root or stem.Examples:"In the word "unbreakable," "un-" is a formant that attaches to the root "break" to create a new, longer stem. "grammarlinguisticswordlanguagephoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading