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semivowel nghĩa là gì?

bán nguyên âm

semivowel in Vietnamese: bán nguyên âm. In English, semivowel means a sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.

Vietnamese words for semivowel

sound in speech
bán nguyên âm

English meaning of semivowel

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

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Questions about semivowel in Vietnamese

What is the meaning of semivowel in Vietnamese?
Semivowel in Vietnamese is bán nguyên âm.
semivowel nghĩa là gì?
Semivowel: bán nguyên âm.
What does semivowel mean in English?
Semivowel means a sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semivowel (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Vietnamese words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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