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offglide

Syllables: off·glideUK/ˈɒfɡlaɪd/US/ˈɑfɡlaɪd/

offglide noun: a phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound.

Noun

offglide (plural offglides)

  1. A phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound.
  2. The final, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /ɪ/ sound of the /ɔɪ/ in English boy.

offglide meaning in Tamil

offglide in Tamil

பின்உடன்படுத்தி

Antonyms of offglide

Forms of offglide

pluraloffglides
alternative formoff-glide

Origin of offglide

From off + glide.

Questions about offglide

What does offglide mean?
Offglide means a phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound.
What is offglide in Tamil?
Offglide in Tamil is பின்உடன்படுத்தி. See Offglide meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is offglide?
Offglide is a noun.
How do you pronounce offglide?
Offglide is pronounced /ˈɒfɡlaɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of offglide?
The plural of offglide is offglides.

Words near offglide in the dictionary

  1. offgas
  2. offgassed
  3. offgasses
  4. offgassing
  5. offgassings
  6. offglide
  7. offglides
  8. offgoing
  9. Offham
  10. offhand
  11. offhanded

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Adapted from Wiktionary: offglide (page history and authors); offglide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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