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semivowel


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Semivowel  \Sem"i*vow`el\,  n.  (Phon.) 
  a  A  sound  intermediate  between  a  vowel  and  a  consonant,  or 
  partaking  of  the  nature  of  both  as  in  the  English  w  and 
  y. 
  b  The  sign  or  letter  representing  such  a  sound. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  semivowel 
  n  :  a  vowel-like  sound  that  serves  as  a  consonant  [syn:  {glide}] 




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