SEMIVOWEL


Meaning of SEMIVOWEL in English

noun Date: 1530 a speech sound (as \\y\\, \\w\\, or \\r\\) that has the articulation of a vowel but that is shorter in duration and is treated as a consonant in syllabication, a letter representing a ~

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