Semivowel
noun
1.
Phonetics. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (y) in yet.
noun (phonetics)
1.
a vowel-like sound that acts like a consonant, in that it serves the same function in a syllable carrying the same amount of prominence as a consonant relative to a true vowel, the nucleus of the syllable. In English and many other languages the chief semivowels are (w) in well and (j), represented as y, in yell
2.
a frictionless continuant classified as one of the liquids; (l) or (r)
Read Also:
- Semiweekly
adjective 1. occurring, done, appearing, or published twice a week: semiweekly visits. noun, plural semiweeklies. 2. a semiweekly publication. adverb 3. twice a week: He traveled semiweekly to Detroit.
- Semi-weekly
adjective 1. occurring, done, appearing, or published twice a week: semiweekly visits. noun, plural semiweeklies. 2. a semiweekly publication. adverb 3. twice a week: He traveled semiweekly to Detroit.
- Semiyearly
adjective 1. semiannual (def 1). adverb 2. twice a year; semiannually: He seeded the lawn semiyearly. adjective 1. another word for semiannual
- Semmelweis
noun 1. Ignaz Philipp [ig-nahts fee-lip] /ˈɪg nɑts ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1818–65, Hungarian obstetrician. noun 1. Ignaz Philipp. 1818–65, Hungarian obstetrician, who discovered the cause of puerperal infection and pioneered the use of antiseptics Semmelweis (zěm’əl-vīs’) Hungarian physician who was a pioneer of sterile surgical practices. He proved that infectious disease and death in […]
- Semmelweiss
Semmelweiss Sem·mel·weiss (zěm’əl-vīs’), Ignaz Philipp. 1818-1865. Hungarian physician who pioneered the use of antiseptics in obstetrics as the result of his discovery that puerperal fever is a form of septicemia. His methods reduced mortalities but were not widely adopted until after his death.