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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Sprechstimme.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German : sprechen, to speak; see sprechstimme + Gesang, song (from Middle High German gisanc, from Old High German gisang, from singan, to sing; see sengwh- in Indo-European roots).]

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