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semi-vowel

semi-vowel is the alternative form of semivowel.

Meaning of semivowel

Noun

semivowel (plural semivowels)

  1. A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.
    Synonyms:
    glide, semiconsonant
  2. A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English.

Forms of semi-vowel

pluralsemi-vowels

Questions about semi-vowel

What is semi-vowel the alternative form of?
Semi-vowel is the alternative form of semivowel.

Words near semi-vowel in the dictionary

  1. semi-uniform
  2. semi-uniforms
  3. semi-vegetarian
  4. semi-vegetarianism
  5. semi-voiced
  6. semi-vowel
  7. semi-weeklies
  8. semi-weekly
  9. semi-width
  10. semi-wild
  11. semi-works

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semi-vowel (page history and authors); semivowel (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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