Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences A brief transitional sound that precedes the main vowel in a diphthong or syllable, typically a short vowel-like segment at the onset of a nucleus.
Under certain conditions of stress, my vowels are lengthened or given an inglide.1956, Studies in American English, volumes 1-3, University of Texas Press, page 15:
For example, he always uses the -y, -w adjuncts as markers for upglides and -h as a symbol for an inglide.1999 June 15, David L. Cooper, Linguistic Attractors: The Cognitive Dynamics of Language Acquisition and Change, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 90:
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Got-caught distinction: The /ɔ/ vowel sound of words like talk, law, cross and coffee and the often homophonous /ɔr/ in core and more are tensed and usually raised more than in General American, varying on a scale from [ɔ] to [ʊ], while typically accompanied by an inglide that produces variants like [oə] or [ʊə].2022 June 21, David Friddle, Sing Romantic Music Romantically: Nineteenth-Century Choral Performance Practices, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, page 130:
Obsolete, Poetic To glide softly or serenely into or upon something.
What though no bane inglide, Full waft each vein her tide, Each bone remain thy pride?1764, James Elphinston, A COLLECTION OF POEMS, From the best AUTHORS: Adapted to every age, but peculiarly designed to form the Tast of Youth., London: Printed by James Bettenham, page 233:
Have ye not lately op'd your pearly portals wide, As a sainted poet's soul did noislessly inglide?1864, Mrs. W. J. Arnold, editor, The Poets and Poetry of Minnesota., Chicago: Printed by S. P. Rounds, page 65: