semivoweln.

/ˈsɛmɪvaʊəl/

Etymology: < semi- prefix 2c(c) + vowel n., after Latin sēmivocālis: see semivocal adj. Compare French semi-voyelle.

A vocal sound that partakes of the nature of a vowel and of a consonant; a letter representing such a sound. The general literary use echoes that of the Roman grammarians, who applied the term to the spirants and liquids (including nasals), f, l, m, n, r, s, x. As a technical term the word now most commonly denotes only w and y, but sometimes it includes these together with the liquids and nasals, chiefly in their non-syllabic values.

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1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. p. xxiii The latines in soundyng of theyr liquides or semi vowelles begyn with e.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum at X X is a semiuowell, and hathe the voice of a double consonante for the which in olde writinges cs and gs was vsed.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Semivowels, certain Consonants so called, because they have the sound of Vowels, As f, l, m, n, s.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. iii. xii. 369 (S) the correspondent mute (though it be commonly reckoned for a semivowel).

1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. Observ. 169 When Homer..paints a beautiful face, or an engaging object, he chuses the softest vowels, and most smooth and flowing semivowels.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 88. ⁋3 By tempering the mute Consonants with Liquids and Semivowels.

1841 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. ii. ix. 165 The Semivowel y.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxxvi. 409 The whole Iroquois family never use the semivowel m.

attributive.1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner xix. 201 The foam-flowers dropping as the grass-flowers drop,—with sharp semivowel consonantal sounds,—frsh.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	semivowel
释义	semivoweln. /ˈsɛmɪvaʊəl/ Etymology: < semi- prefix 2c(c) + vowel n., after Latin sēmivocālis: see semivocal adj. Compare French semi-voyelle. A vocal sound that partakes of the nature of a vowel and of a consonant; a letter representing such a sound. The general literary use echoes that of the Roman grammarians, who applied the term to the spirants and liquids (including nasals), f, l, m, n, r, s, x. As a technical term the word now most commonly denotes only w and y, but sometimes it includes these together with the liquids and nasals, chiefly in their non-syllabic values. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > semi-vowel semivocal1530 semivowel1530 demi-vowel1611 vowel-consonant1669 semi-consonant1820 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. p. xxiii The latines in soundyng of theyr liquides or semi vowelles begyn with e. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum at X X is a semiuowell, and hathe the voice of a double consonante for the which in olde writinges cs and gs was vsed. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Semivowels, certain Consonants so called, because they have the sound of Vowels, As f, l, m, n, s. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. iii. xii. 369 (S) the correspondent mute (though it be commonly reckoned for a semivowel). 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. Observ. 169 When Homer..paints a beautiful face, or an engaging object, he chuses the softest vowels, and most smooth and flowing semivowels. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 88. ⁋3 By tempering the mute Consonants with Liquids and Semivowels. 1841 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. ii. ix. 165 The Semivowel y. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxxvi. 409 The whole Iroquois family never use the semivowel m. attributive.1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner xix. 201 The foam-flowers dropping as the grass-flowers drop,—with sharp semivowel consonantal sounds,—frsh. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1530
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