Denoting sets of speech sounds that are produced using the same vocal organs, e.g. p, b, and m.
(音)相同发音器官发出的(如p,b, 和 m)
Example sentencesExamples
If a stop is shortly followed by a homorganic fricative, or vice versa, the calculation will be slightly wrong.
For example [p b], [t n], [k, x] are all homorganic pairs of sounds.
The loss of dental [d] is analogous to the loss of labial [b] in that both occurred in homorganic clusters, although the loss of the dental is less systematic.
Definition of homorganic in US English:
homorganic
adjectiveˌhōmôrˈɡanik
Denoting sets of speech sounds that are produced using the same vocal organs, e.g. p, b, and m.
(音)相同发音器官发出的(如p,b, 和 m)
Example sentencesExamples
For example [p b], [t n], [k, x] are all homorganic pairs of sounds.
If a stop is shortly followed by a homorganic fricative, or vice versa, the calculation will be slightly wrong.
The loss of dental [d] is analogous to the loss of labial [b] in that both occurred in homorganic clusters, although the loss of the dental is less systematic.