semivowel

[ sem-ee-vou-uhl ]

/ ˈsɛm iˌvaʊ əl /

noun

Phonetics. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (y) in yet.

Origin of semivowel

1520–30; semi- + vowel; replacing semivocal<Latin sēmivocālis half vowel

Words nearby semivowel

semitropical, semitruck, semivegetarian, semivitreous, semivocal, semivowel, semiweekly, semiyearly, Semmelweis, Semmelweiss, Semmes

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Example sentences from the Web for semivowel

The diphthong oi is the vowel o modified, plus the semivowel y (not the vowel i) modified.
The English Language|Robert Gordon Latham
It has taken the allied sound of the semivowel y, and so, with the preceding vowel, constitutes a diphthong.
The English Language|Robert Gordon Latham
It should be noted that the Dictionarium, which was written contemporaniously, does use y for the semivowel.
Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language|Diego Collado
In roi it is the semivowel allied to series p; in oil it is the semivowel allied to series k.
The English Language|Robert Gordon Latham

Effect of the semivowel y on certain letters when they precede it.
A Handbook of the English Language|Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for semivowel

semivowel

/ (ˈsɛmɪˌvaʊəl) /

noun phonetics

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 yell

a frictionless continuant classified as one of the liquids; (l) or (r)

Also called (US and Canadian): glide

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单词	semivowel
释义	semivowel [ sem-ee-vou-uhl ] / ˈsɛm iˌvaʊ əl / noun Phonetics. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (y) in yet. Origin of semivowel 1520–30; semi- + vowel; replacing semivocal<Latin sēmivocālis half vowel Words nearby semivowel semitropical, semitruck, semivegetarian, semivitreous, semivocal, semivowel, semiweekly, semiyearly, Semmelweis, Semmelweiss, Semmes Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for semivowel The diphthong oi is the vowel o modified, plus the semivowel y (not the vowel i) modified. The English Language\|Robert Gordon Latham It has taken the allied sound of the semivowel y, and so, with the preceding vowel, constitutes a diphthong. The English Language\|Robert Gordon Latham It should be noted that the Dictionarium, which was written contemporaniously, does use y for the semivowel. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language\|Diego Collado In roi it is the semivowel allied to series p; in oil it is the semivowel allied to series k. The English Language\|Robert Gordon Latham Effect of the semivowel y on certain letters when they precede it. A Handbook of the English Language\|Robert Gordon Latham British Dictionary definitions for semivowel semivowel / (ˈsɛmɪˌvaʊəl) / noun phonetics 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 yell a frictionless continuant classified as one of the liquids; (l) or (r) Also called (US and Canadian): glide Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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