HyperDic: semivowel

English > 1 sense of the word semivowel:
NOUNcommunicationsemivowel, glidea vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
English > semivowel: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA vowellike sound that serves as a consonant.
Synonymglide
NarrowerpalatalA semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word 'yeast / yeast')
Broaderphone, speech sound, sound(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Spanishglide, semiconsonante, semivocal
Catalanglide, semivocal

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