Definition
In speech and sound, a concentration of acoustic energy around a particular frequency that helps give vowels their distinctive sound.
Etymology
From Latin 'formans' (forming, present participle of 'formare'). Introduced as a linguistics and acoustics term in the early 1900s to describe the spectral peaks in vowel sounds.
Kelly Says
Your voice is like a musical instrument, and formants are the specific resonances that make an 'ah' sound different from an 'ee' sound—they're literally the fingerprint of each vowel!
Translations
ARالعربية
مُشَكِّل
mush-kil
CACatalà
formant
for-mant
CSČeština
formant
for-mant
DEDeutsch
Formant
for-mant
ESEspañol
formante
for-man-te
FISuomi
formantti
for-man-tti
FRFrançais
formant
for-man
HUMagyar
formant
for-mant
IDBahasa Indonesia
formant
for-mant
ITItaliano
formante
for-man-te
MSBahasa Melayu
formant
for-mant
NLNederlands
formant
for-mant
PLPolski
formant
for-mant
PTPortuguês
formante
for-man-te
RORomână
formant
for-mant
RUРусский
формант
formant
SVSvenska
formant
for-mant
SWKiswahili
formant
for-mant
TRTürkçe
formant
for-mant
UKУкраїнська
формант
formant
VITiếng Việt
phần tử
phan-tu
ZUZU
i-formant
ee-for-mant