Associations to the word «Semivowel»
Wiktionary
SEMIVOWEL, noun. A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel
SEMIVOWEL, noun. A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English.
Dictionary definition
SEMIVOWEL, noun. A vowellike sound that serves as a consonant.
Wise words
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say
"infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no
word left when you want to talk about something really
infinite.