† phthongometern.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin phthongus , -ometer comb. form; Greek ϕθόγγος , -ometer comb. form.

Etymology: < classical Latin phthongus a sound, a tone or its etymon ancient Greek ϕθόγγος a sound, the voice (see phthongal adj.) + -ometer comb. form (see quot. 1837).

Phonetics. Obsolete. rare.

An instrument for measuring the intensity of vowel sounds.

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phthongometer1837

logograph1879

glossograph1883

palate-myograph1884

palatogram1902

tongue-curve1902

kymograph1918

voiceprint1918

vowel diagram1932

kymogram1934

speech stretcher1948

word-palatogram1948

recognizer1949

phonolaryngoscope1953

speech recognizer1953

grid1961

voiceprinter1966

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. II. viii. vi. 336 We may..consider this instrument as a phthongometer, or measure of vowel quality.

1848 B. H. Smart Walker's Pronouncing Dict. Suppl. Phthongometer. [Also in later dictionaries.]]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	phthongometer
释义	† phthongometern. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin phthongus , -ometer comb. form; Greek ϕθόγγος , -ometer comb. form. Etymology: < classical Latin phthongus a sound, a tone or its etymon ancient Greek ϕθόγγος a sound, the voice (see phthongal adj.) + -ometer comb. form (see quot. 1837). Phonetics. Obsolete. rare. An instrument for measuring the intensity of vowel sounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > [noun] > instruments or diagrams phthongometer1837 logograph1879 glossograph1883 palate-myograph1884 palatogram1902 tongue-curve1902 kymograph1918 voiceprint1918 vowel diagram1932 kymogram1934 speech stretcher1948 word-palatogram1948 recognizer1949 phonolaryngoscope1953 speech recognizer1953 grid1961 voiceprinter1966 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. II. viii. vi. 336 We may..consider this instrument as a phthongometer, or measure of vowel quality. 1848 B. H. Smart Walker's Pronouncing Dict. Suppl. Phthongometer. [Also in later dictionaries.]] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1837
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