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semi vowel

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sem⋅i⋅vow⋅el

[sem-ee-vou-uhl]
–noun
Phonetics. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (y) in yet.

Origin:
1520–30; semi- + vowel; r. semivocal < L sēmivocālis half vowel
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