"onglide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: onglides [plural]
Etymology: From on- + glide. Compare Middle English ongliden (“to glide over”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|on|glide}} on- + glide, {{cog|enm|ongliden|t=to glide over}} Middle English ongliden (“to glide over”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} onglide (plural onglides)
  1. (linguistics) A phase while the articulators are moving into position to produce a new speech sound. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-onglide-en-noun-Vx01Qo5s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics) The first, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /j/ sound of the /juː/ in English few. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-onglide-en-noun-FIqrEg2F Categories (other): English terms prefixed with on- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with on-: 24 76 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: on-glide

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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