What is a click in Greek or Latin?

1. What is the origin of word click?
2. What is the definition of a click?
3. What language has a click sound?
4. What is click in phonetics?

What is the origin of word click?

From Middle English clike, from Old French clique (“latch”).

What is the definition of a click?

noun. 1. : a slight sharp noise. : a speech sound in some languages made by enclosing air between two stop articulations of the tongue, enlarging the enclosure to rarefy the air, and suddenly opening the enclosure. : detent.

What language has a click sound?

Most Khoisan languages use four clicking sounds; the Southern languages use a fifth, the “kiss” click, as well. Gciriku and Yei, which are Bantu languages of Botswana and Namibia, have incorporated the four-click Khoisan system, but Zulu and Xhosa (also Bantu languages) have incorporated only three clicks.

What is click in phonetics?

in phonetics, a suction sound made in the mouth. Click sounds occur in a number of African languages and are often used as interjections in other languages—e.g., the sound of disapproval represented in English by tsk, tsk.