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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

onglide en · NOUN

Etymology

From on- + glide. Compare Middle English ongliden (“to glide over”).

Meanings

  1. A phase while the articulators are moving into position to produce a new speech sound.
  2. The first, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /j/ sound of the /juː/ in English few.

Forms

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on-glide alternative lexicographic
onglides Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

offglide

onglide en · VERB

Etymology

From on- + glide. Compare Middle English ongliden (“to glide over”).

Meanings

  1. To produce this sound.

Forms

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ongliding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
onglides Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
onglided Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
onglided Tense=Past lexicographic
on-glide alternative lexicographic