ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Onglide

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Onglide is a noun meaning (phonetics) A phase while the articulators are moving into position to produce a new speech sound.

Meaning

(phonetics) A phase while the articulators are moving into position to produce a new speech sound.

More Meanings

  1. (phonetics) The first, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /j/ sound of the /juː/ in English few.
  2. (phonetics) To produce this sound.

Word Forms

Antonyms for onglide

Common opposites include offglide.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include upglide, glottal, gliss, glissando, glottogenesis, glottalization.

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