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Meanings of semivowel in English
Transitional phoneme produced like a vowel but used like a syllable boundary.
Synonyms
Examples for "glide"
Examples for "glide"
1
Unclear things glide and grapple rocks, pulling their way through the water.
2
The firing had ceased; the boat began to glide forwards once more.
3
These birds flap their wings briefly and then glide for great distances.
4
And on the days we were together, time would glide, Ocean wrote.
5
Liberal in works of charity, the adventuress can glide easily into religion.
Usage of semivowel in English
1
A semivowel, one having an audible sound by the addition of another Letter; e.g.
2
These elementary sounds are either vowels, semivowels, or mutes.
Translations for semivowel
Portuguese
Semivowel through the time