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offglides

offglides is the plural of offglide.

Meaning of offglide

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.

Questions about offglides

What is offglides the plural of?
Offglides is the plural of offglide.

Words near offglides in the dictionary

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

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