Associations to the word «Semivowel»

Wiktionary

SEMIVOWEL, noun. A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel
SEMIVOWEL, noun. A letter which represents a semivowel sound, such as w or y in English.

Dictionary definition

SEMIVOWEL, noun. A vowellike sound that serves as a consonant.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin