Offglide

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounA phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound.

2.NounThe final, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /ɪ/ sound of the /ɔɪ/ in English boy.

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