onglide

noun, verb — 3 senses

onglide

noun

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

Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences A phase while the articulators are moving into position to produce a new speech sound.

Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences The first, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /j/ sound of the /juː/ in English few.

Antonyms: offglide

onglide

verb

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

Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences To produce this sound.

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