noun Download 🔗Share A 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 speech recordings, the linguist could identify specific formants that distinguished the vowel sounds in "hat" and "hot." " sound phonetics language frequency linguistics signal communication technical science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A morpheme occurring as an affix to a root or stem, forming an extended root or stem. Examples : "In linguistics class, we learned how suffixes and prefixes act as formants, adding meaning and changing the grammatical function of a root word. " grammar linguistics language word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading