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onglides

onglides is the plural 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.

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Questions about onglides

What is onglides the plural of?
Onglides is the plural of onglide.

Words near onglides in the dictionary

  1. onglaze
  2. onglet
  3. onglets
  4. onglide
  5. onglided
  6. onglides
  7. ongliding
  8. Ongnam
  9. ongo
  10. ongoer
  11. ongoers

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