semivowel

semivowel - English

Noun

Examples (sound, English)

semivowel (plural semivowels)

  1. (phonetics) A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.
  2. A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English.

Translations

  • Arabic: أَشْبَاهُ العِلَلِ (ʾašbāhu l-ʿilali)
  • Armenian: կիսաձայն (hy) (kisajayn)
  • Breton: damvogalenn (br), damgensonenn (br)
  • Chinese:
  • Czech: polosamohláska f
  • Danish: halvvokal
  • Dutch: halfvocaal (nl) m, halfklinker (nl) m
  • Esperanto: duonvokalo
  • Finnish: puolivokaali (fi)
  • French: semi-voyelle (fr) f, semi-consonne (fr) f
  • German: Halbvokal (de), Semivokal
  • Greek: ημίφωνο (el) n (imífono)
    • Ancient: ἡμίφωνον n (hēmíphōnon)
  • Hebrew: חצי־תנועה f (khatsí-tnuá)
  • Hungarian: félhangzó
  • Italian: semivocale f, semiconsonante f
  • Japanese: 半母音 (はんぼいん, hanboin)
  • Korean: 반모음 (ko) (banmo'eum)
  • Latin: semivocalis
  • Macedonian: полусамо́гласка f (polusamóglaska)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: halvvokal
  • Polish: spółgłoska półotwarta f
  • Portuguese: semivogal (pt) f
  • Romanian: semivocală (ro)
  • Russian: полугла́сный (ru) m (poluglásnyj)
  • Spanish: semivocal f, semiconsonante (es), vocoide (es) m
  • Swedish: halvvokal
  • Tagalog: malapatinig
  • Vietnamese: bán nguyên âm
  • Welsh: lled-lafariad f
  • West Frisian: healfokaal m
Meaning and Definition of semivowel
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