semivowel – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
semivowel
n.
speech sound which has the articulation of a vowel but is treated as a consonant (Phonetics)
Semivowel
In
phonetics and
phonology, a
semivowel or
glide is a sound phonetically similar to a
vowel sound but functions as the
syllable boundary, rather than as the
nucleus of a syllable. Examples of semivowels in English are the consonants
y and
w, in
yes and
west. Written in
IPA, y and w are near to the vowels
ee and
oo in
seen and
moon, written in
IPA.
semivowel
Noun
1. a vowel-like sound that serves as a consonant
(synonym) glide
(hypernym) phone, speech sound, sound
(hyponym) palatal
Semivowel
(n.)
The sign or letter representing such a sound.
(n.)
A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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