Definitions of semivowel
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a vowellike sound that serves as a consonantsynonyms: glidetypes:palatala semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')type of:phone, sound, speech sound(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
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