"Phonation" is a word in ENGLISH

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and …

To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.

To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or …

Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.

With distinct utterance of the separate sounds.

A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.

The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, …

A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or …

An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member …

Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath.

Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.

Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the …

To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble …

A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.

The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which …

Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of …

A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of …

A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those …

To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.

A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.