offglide
See also: off-glide
English
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒfɡlaɪd/
- Hyphenation: off‧glide
Noun
offglide (plural offglides)
- (linguistics) A phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound.
- (linguistics) The final, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /ɪ/ sound of the /ɔɪ/ in boy.
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