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semivowel
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semivowel
noun
(sem-i-vow-el)
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
Synonyms:
glide
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triphthong
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vocoid
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glottal stop
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labial consonant
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minimal pair
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feminine rhyme
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psilosis
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rhopalic
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diacritic
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synaeresis
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devocalize
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apocope
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eclipsis
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eye rhyme
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diaeresis
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semivowel
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