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1. (n.) semivowel
a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (y) in
yet.
Etymology: (1520–30)
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1. (noun) semivowel, glide
a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
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1. (noun) semivowel
a sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y
2. (noun) semivowel
the sign or letter representing such a sound
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