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on-glide

on-glide is the alternative form of onglide.

Meaning of onglide

Noun

onglide (plural onglides)

  1. A phase while the articulators are moving into position to produce a new speech sound.
  2. The first, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /j/ sound of the /juː/ in English few.

See all 3 meanings of onglide

Forms of on-glide

Noun
pluralon-glides
Verb
third-person singular presenton-glides
present participleon-gliding
past participleon-glided
paston-glided

Questions about on-glide

What is on-glide the alternative form of?
On-glide is the alternative form of onglide.

Words near on-glide in the dictionary

  1. on-chain
  2. on-demand
  3. on-die
  4. on-duty
  5. on-field
  6. on-glide
  7. on-glides
  8. on-going
  9. on-guard
  10. on-hand
  11. on-hanger

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