Semivowel

Synonyms for "semivowel" (79 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Noun(2 words)

alveolar articulation aspiration assimilated assimilation back bilabial broad central cerebral check close consonant dental

Strong matches (24)

diphthong dorsal explosive flat front glossal glottal guttural hard heavy high labial lateral lax light lingual liquid low mid modification

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mute muted narrow nasal

Related words (39)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

6 entries

consonant phone phonemephonetic categorysoundspeech sound

More specific

5 entries

labial approximantlabio-velar approximantpalatal approximantw soundy sound

Collocations

12 entries

glide consonantlabio-velar approximantpalatal approximantsemivowel articulationsemivowel classificationsemivowel contextsemivowel featuresemivowel soundsemivowel theoryvoiced semivowelvoiceless semivowelvowel like consonant

Inflections

3 entries

more semivowelmost semivowelsemivowels

Derivations

3 entries

semivocalic semivocalically semivocality

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Some languages add a semivowel at a hiatus.

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