semi-vowel

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ˈsemi-ˌvowel noun [countable] technical  SLa sound made in speech that sounds like a vowel, but is in fact a consonant, for example /w/ 半元音〔如/w/〕

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semi-vowel
ˈsemi-ˌvowel noun [countable] technical
a sound made in speech that sounds like a vowel, but is in fact a consonant, for example /w/