SEMIVOWEL

Semivowel

In phonetics and phonology, a semivowel is a sound, such as English or, that is phonetically similar to a vowel sound but functions as the syllable boundary rather than as the nucleus of a syllable.

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semivowel

Noun

  1. A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel
  2. A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English.


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