formant
/ˈfɔːmənt/noun
- Phonetics any of the three characteristic pitch constituents of a vowel. In a high front vowel such as /iː/ the formants are bunched closely together, whereas in a low back vowel such as /aː/ they are further apart.【语音】共振峰。
词源
early 20th cent.: coined in German from Latin formant- 'forming', from the verb formare.