SEMIVOWEL


Meaning of SEMIVOWEL in English

/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 .