vocoid

/ˈvoʊ.kɔɪd/

词干

后缀

-oid: Resembling; having the likeness of (usually including the concept of not being the same despite the likeness, but counterexamples exist). · (less commonly) Of, pertaining to, or related to.

From voc(al) +‎ -oid. First appears c. the 1940s, coined by Kenneth Lee Pike, American linguist (1912-2000).

1(linguistics) A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
2(linguistics) A sound or segment that has some vowel-like feature and may or may not be able to occupy a nucleus; often includes semivowels, semiconsonants, and any non-syllabic or non-nucleic vowel