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semivowel
sem·i·vow·el S0259500 (sĕm′ĭ-vou′əl)n. A sound that has the quality of one of the high vowels, as (ē) or (o͞o), and that functions as a consonant before or after vowels, as the initial sounds of yell and well and the final sounds of coy and cow. Also called glide.semivowel (ˈsɛmɪˌvaʊəl) n1. (Phonetics & Phonology) a vowel-like sound that acts like a consonant, in that it serves the same function in a syllable carrying the same amount of prominence as a consonant relative to a true vowel, the nucleus of the syllable. In English and many other languages the chief semivowels are (w) in well and (j), represented as y, in yell2. (Phonetics & Phonology) a frictionless continuant classified as one of the liquids; (l) or (r) Also called (US and Canadian): glidesem•i•vow•el (ˈsɛm ɪˌvaʊ əl)
n. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (y) in yet. [1520–30] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | semivowel - a vowellike sound that serves as a consonantglidespeech sound, phone, sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some languagepalatal - a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast') |
TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeglidesemivowel
Synonyms for semivowelnoun a vowellike sound that serves as a consonantSynonymsRelated Words- speech sound
- phone
- sound
- palatal
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