semivowel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: semivowel	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for semivowel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
semivowel n a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant [syn: semivowel, glide]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Semivowel \Sem"i*vow`el\, n. (Phon.) (a) A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y. (b) The sign or letter representing such a sound.