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inglides

inglides is the plural of inglide.

Meaning of inglide

Noun

inglide (plural inglides)

  1. A brief transitional sound that precedes the main vowel in a diphthong or syllable, typically a short vowel-like segment at the onset of a nucleus.
    • Under certain conditions of stress, my vowels are lengthened or given an inglide.1956, Studies in American English, volumes 1-3, University of Texas Press, page 15

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Questions about inglides

What is inglides the plural of?
Inglides is the plural of inglide.

Words near inglides in the dictionary

  1. Inglewood
  2. Inglewooder
  3. Inglewooders
  4. inglide
  5. inglided
  6. inglides
  7. ingliding
  8. ingling
  9. Inglis
  10. Inglish
  11. Inglistan

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