/sem"ee vow'euhl/ , n.
Phonet. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as /w/ in wet or /y/ in yet.
[ 1520-30; SEMI- + VOWEL; r. semivocal semivocalis half vowel ]
/sem"ee vow'euhl/ , n.
Phonet. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as /w/ in wet or /y/ in yet.
[ 1520-30; SEMI- + VOWEL; r. semivocal semivocalis half vowel ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012