semivowel

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English vowel English semivowel From semi- + vowel.

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: gjysmëzanore — sound in speech
• Arabic: أَشْبَاهُ العِلَلِ (ʔašbāhu l-ʕilali) — sound in speech
• Armenian: կիսաձայն (kisajayn) — sound in speech
• Asturian: semivocal — sound in speech
• Asturian: semiconsonante — sound in speech
• Asturian: nidia — sound in speech
• Breton: damvogalenn — sound in speech
• Breton: damgensonenn — sound in speech
• Chinese Mandarin: 半元音 (bànyuányīn) — sound in speech
• Chinese Mandarin: 半母音 (bànmǔyīn) — sound in speech
• Czech: polosamohláska — sound in speech
• Danish: halvvokal — sound in speech
• Dutch: halfvocaal — sound in speech
• Dutch: halfklinker — sound in speech
• Esperanto: duonvokalo — sound in speech
• Finnish: puolivokaali — sound in speech
• French: semi-voyelle — sound in speech
• French: semi-consonne — sound in speech
• West-Frisian: healfokaal — sound in speech
• German: Halbvokal — sound in speech
• German: Semivokal — sound in speech
• Greek: ημίφωνο (imífono) — sound in speech
• Ancient Greek: ἡμίφωνον (hēmíphōnon) — sound in speech
• Hebrew: חצי־תנועה (khatsí-tnuá) — sound in speech
• Hungarian: félhangzó — sound in speech
• Italian: semivocale — sound in speech
• Italian: semiconsonante — sound in speech
• Japanese: 半母音 (hanboin) — sound in speech
• Korean: 반모음 (banmo'eum) — sound in speech
• Latin: semivocalis — sound in speech
• Macedonian: полусамо́гласка (polusamóglaska) — sound in speech
• Norwegian Nynorsk: halvvokal — sound in speech
• Polish: spółgłoska półotwarta — sound in speech
• Portuguese: semivogal — sound in speech
• Romanian: semivocală — sound in speech
• Russian: полугла́сный (poluglásnyj) — sound in speech
• Spanish: semivocal — sound in speech
• Spanish: semiconsonante — sound in speech
• Spanish: vocoide — sound in speech
• Swedish: halvvokal — sound in speech
• Tagalog: malapatinig — sound in speech
• Turkish: yarı-ünlü — sound in speech
• Vietnamese: bán nguyên âm — sound in speech
• Welsh: lled-lafariad — sound in speech
• Welsh: llithrolyn — sound in speech