"semivowel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

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Etymology: From semi- + vowel. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|semi|vowel}} semi- + vowel Head templates: {{en-noun}} semivowel (plural semivowels)
  1. (phonetics) A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel. Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: glide, semiconsonant Translations (sound in speech): ἡμίφωνον (hēmíphōnon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), أَشْبَاهُ العِلَلِ (ʔašbāhu l-ʕilali) (Arabic), կիսաձայն (kisajayn) (Armenian), damvogalenn [feminine] (Breton), damgensonenn [feminine] (Breton), 半元音 (bànyuányīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 半母音 (bànmǔyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), polosamohláska [feminine] (Czech), halvvokal (Danish), halfvocaal [masculine] (Dutch), halfklinker [masculine] (Dutch), duonvokalo (Esperanto), puolivokaali (Finnish), semi-voyelle [feminine] (French), semi-consonne [feminine] (French), Halbvokal (German), Semivokal (German), ημίφωνο (imífono) [neuter] (Greek), חצי־תנועה (khatsí-tnuá) [feminine] (Hebrew), félhangzó (Hungarian), semivocale [feminine] (Italian), semiconsonante [feminine] (Italian), 半母音 (hanboin) (alt: はんぼいん) (Japanese), 반모음 (banmo'eum) (Korean), semivocalis (Latin), полусамо́гласка (polusamóglaska) [feminine] (Macedonian), halvvokal (Norwegian Nynorsk), spółgłoska półotwarta [feminine] (Polish), semivogal [feminine] (Portuguese), semivocală (Romanian), полугла́сный (poluglásnyj) [masculine] (Russian), semivocal [feminine] (Spanish), semiconsonante (Spanish), vocoide [masculine] (Spanish), halvvokal (Swedish), malapatinig (Tagalog), bán nguyên âm (Vietnamese), lled-lafariad [feminine] (Welsh), llithrolyn [masculine] (Welsh), healfokaal [masculine] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-semivowel-en-noun-ymEnf~K0 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 45 55 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'sound in speech': 87 13
  2. A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: semi-vowel Related terms: consonant

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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Breton translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "Terms with West Frisian translations"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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        "en:Phonetics"
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        "A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phonetics",
          "phonetics"
        ],
        [
          "consonant",
          "consonant"
        ],
        [
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          "vowel"
        ]
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "glide"
        },
        {
          "word": "semiconsonant"
        }
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      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English."
      ],
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          "w"
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        [
          "y",
          "y"
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      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "semi-vowel"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔašbāhu l-ʕilali",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "أَشْبَاهُ العِلَلِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kisajayn",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "կիսաձայն"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "damvogalenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "damgensonenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bànyuányīn",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "半元音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bànmǔyīn",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "半母音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polosamohláska"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "halvvokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "halfvocaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "halfklinker"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "duonvokalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "puolivokaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "semi-voyelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "semi-consonne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "Halbvokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "Semivokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "imífono",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ημίφωνο"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hēmíphōnon",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ἡμίφωνον"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "khatsí-tnuá",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "חצי־תנועה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "félhangzó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "semivocale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "semiconsonante"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はんぼいん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hanboin",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "半母音"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "banmo'eum",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "반모음"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "semivocalis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "polusamóglaska",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "полусамо́гласка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "halvvokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spółgłoska półotwarta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "semivogal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "semivocală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poluglásnyj",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "полугла́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "semivocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "semiconsonante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vocoide"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "halvvokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "malapatinig"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "word": "bán nguyên âm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lled-lafariad"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llithrolyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "sound in speech",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "healfokaal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "semivowel"
}

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