Visible Speech

proper noun

An early phonetic alphabet, devised by Alexander Melville Bell in 1867, with the characters intended to suggest the articulations of the speech organs when uttering them.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An early phonetic alphabet, devised by Alexander Melville Bell in 1867, with the characters intended to suggest the articulations of the speech organs when uttering them.
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APA

Visible Speech. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Visible%20Speech

MLA

“Visible Speech.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Visible%20Speech. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Visible Speech,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Visible%20Speech.

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