semivowel

Noun
  1. A vowellike sound that serves as a consonant (synset 107129117)
    is a type of: phone, sound, speech sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
    subtypes: palatal - a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')
    same as: glide

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