offglide
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Meaning
- noun A phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound.
- noun The final, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /ɪ/ sound of the /ɔɪ/ in English boy.
Similar words
lateroduction retroflex interdental macrosegment extroflection underglow apicolabial alveopalatal outpoint interfluency
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