SEMI-VOWEL

Meaning of SEMI-VOWEL in English

n.1 a sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant (e.g. w, y).

2 a letter representing this.

Etymology: after L semivocalis

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

SEMI-VOWEL — ˈsemi-ˌvowel BrE AmE noun [countable] technical a sound made in speech that sounds like a vowel, but is in fact …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEMI-VOWEL — n. 1 a sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant (e.g. w, y). 2 a letter representing this. [after …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEMI — semi- [occurring in compounds] semi- (= half)
Interlingua English vocab
VOWEL — i in fit . The word also refers to a letter representing such a sound ( a , e , …
Английский словарь Британика
VOWEL — I. ˈvau̇(ə)l noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French vouel, voieue, from Latin vocalis, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEMI — I. ˈsemē, -mi noun ( -es ) Etymology: New Latin, short for semi bejanus semibejan, from Latin semi- + New …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEMI- — in pronunciations below, | ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ . |semē or |seˌmī or |semi or ( usu not before vowels ) |semə prefix Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VOWEL — (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal.
Английский словарь Webster
VOWEL — (n.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each …
Английский словарь Webster
VOWEL — ( n. ) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VOWEL — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VOWEL — — vowelless , adj. — vowellike , adj. — vowely, vowelly , adv. /vow"euhl/ , n. 1. Phonet. a. (in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VOWEL — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French vowele, from Latin vocalis — more at vocalic Date: 14th century 1. : one …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEMI- — prefix Etymology: Middle English, from Latin; akin to Old High German sāmi- half, Greek hēmi- 1. a. : precisely half …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VOWEL — adj of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal. 2. vowel ·noun a vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by …
Webster English vocab
VOWEL — [vow.el] n [ME, fr. MF vouel, fr. L vocalis--more at vocalic] (14c) 1: one of a class of speech sounds …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEMI- — [semi-] prefix [ME, fr. L; akin to OHG sami- half, Gk hemi-] 1 a: precisely half of: (1): forming a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEMI — [semi] n, pl sem.is [short for semidetached] (1912) chiefly Brit: a semidetached house [2]semi n, pl sem.is (1942): semitrailer [3]semi …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VOWEL — in human speech, sound in which the flow of air from the lungs passes through the mouth, which functions as …
Britannica English vocabulary
VOWEL — vowel BrE AmE ˈva ʊ ‿əl vaʊl AmE ˈvaʊ‿ ə l ▷ voweled, vowelled ˈva ʊ ‿əld vaʊld AmE ˈvaʊ‿ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SEMI — semi BrE AmE ˈsem i -aɪ ▷ semi|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VOWEL — / ˈvaʊəl; NAmE / noun ( phonetics ) 1. a speech sound in which the mouth is open and the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEMI — / ˈsemi; NAmE / noun ( pl. semis ) 1. ( BrE , informal ) a semi-detached house (= one …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VOWEL — vow ‧ el /ˈvaʊəl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: vouel , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEMI- — semi- /semi/ BrE AmE prefix [ Language: Latin ] 1 . exactly half: a semicircle 2 . partly but not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEMI — sem ‧ i /ˈsemi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural semis ) [countable] [ Sense 1: Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: semi-detached …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VOWEL — n. 1 a speech-sound made with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, more open than a consonant …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEMI- — prefix 1 half (semicircle). 2 partly; in some degree or particular (semi-official; semi-detached). 3 almost (a semi-smile). 4 occurring or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEMI — n. (pl. semis) colloq. 1 Brit. a semi-detached house. 2 US a semi-trailer. [abbr.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VOWEL — n. 1 a speech-sound made with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, more open than a consonant …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEMI — n. (pl. semis) colloq. 1 Brit. a semi-detached house. 2 US a semi-trailer. [ abbr. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VOWEL — n.1 a speech-sound made with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, more open than a consonant and …
Oxford English vocab
SEMI — n. (pl. semis) colloq. 1. Brit. a semi-detached house. 2 US a semi-trailer. Etymology: abbr.
Oxford English vocab
VOWEL — ( vowels) A vowel is a sound such as the ones represented in writing by the letters ‘a’, ‘e’ ‘i’, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEMI- — Semi- combines with adjectives and nouns to form other adjectives and nouns that describe someone or something as being partly, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEMI — ( semis) 1. A semi is a semi-detached house. ( BRIT INFORMAL ) N-COUNT 2. In a sporting competition, the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VOWEL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES open vowel COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE close ▪ In some accents - particularly London …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEMI — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Phebus beat Stanford's Ania Blezynski in the semis. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Leicester won …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VOWEL — [noun] [C] - a speech sound produced by human beings when the breath flows out through the mouth without being …
Cambridge English vocab
SEMI — (COMPETITION) [noun] [C] [plural] semis - informal for semi-final, see at semi- (HALF)You did very well to make it to …
Cambridge English vocab
VOWEL — n. Speech sound in which air from the lungs passes through the mouth with minimal obstruction and without audible friction, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VOWEL — Synonyms and related words : accented, allophone, alveolar, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, articulation, aspiration, assimilated, assimilation, back, barytone, bilabial, broad, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEMI
Slang English vocab
VOWEL — A gamester who does not immediately pay his losings, is said to vowel the winner, by repeating the vowels I. …
Slang English vocab
VOWEL — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ▪ open , rounded ▪ back , front ▪ weak ▪ flat ▪ final …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SEMI — noun Semi is used before these nouns: ↑ trailer , ↑ truck
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SEMI — /se'mee/ or /se'mi:/ A spoken abbreviation for semicolon. "Commands to grind are prefixed by semi semi star" means that the …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SEMI — 1. n. Abbreviation for `semicolon', when speaking. "Commands to grind are prefixed by semi-semi-star" means that the prefix is ;;* …
Jargon File English vocabulary
VOWEL — сущ. гласный (звук) back vowel closed vowel front vowel high vowel lax vowel long vowel middle vowel nasal vowel open …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SEMI- — прист. в сложный словах означает половинный, частичный semi-annual ≈ полугодовой semi-official ≈ полуофициальный в сложных словах имеет значение: половина - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SEMI — сущ.; разг. 1) одноквартирный дом, имеющий общую стену с соседним домом 2) спорт полуфинал (сокр. от semidetached house) (разговорное) одноквартирный …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VOWEL — vowel.ogg 1. ʹvaʋəl n лингв. 1. гласный (звук) vowel gradation - аблаут, морфологически обусловленное чередование гласных 2. гласная буква 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SEMI — _I ʹsemı n ( сокр. от semidetached hose) разг. одноквартирный дом, имеющий общую стену с соседним домом _II ʹsemı = …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VOWEL — vowel сущ.а) гласный звук - back vowel - closed vowel - front vowel - high vowel - lax vowel - …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SEMI- — прист.в сложный словах означает половинный, частичный semi-annual — полугодовой semi-official — полуофициальный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
VOWEL — 1. ʹvaʋəl n лингв. 1. гласный (звук) vowel gradation - аблаут, морфологически обусловленное чередование гласных 2. гласная буква 2. ʹvaʋəl …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SEMI — _I ʹsemı n ( сокр. от semidetached hose) разг. одноквартирный дом, имеющий общую стену с соседним домом _II ʹsemı = …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
VOWEL — сущ. а) гласный звук - back vowel - closed vowel - front vowel - high vowel - lax vowel - …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SEMI
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
VOWEL — сущ. а) гласный звук - back vowel - closed vowel - front vowel - high vowel - lax vowel - long vowel - middle vowel - nasal vowel - open …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SEMI
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SEMI- — полу- ; ~ semi- annual ; ~ semi- automatic drawing rights ; ~ semi- finished goods ; ~ semi- finished …
Англо-Русский Деловой словарь
VOWEL — сущ. гласный (звук) back vowel closed vowel front vowel high vowel lax vowel long vowel middle vowel nasal vowel open …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Oxford English vocab

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