vowellike

An obsolete adjective meaning resembling a vowel in sound or quality.

• 🌐صفة تعني مشابهًا للصوت المتحرك في النطق أو الجرس أو الصفة الصوتية.

1. Resembling a vowel C1 formal

   Having the acoustic or articulatory qualities of a vowel sound, such as being open and sonorous.

   • The /l/ in 'bottle' can be vowellike in some dialects.
   • Certain consonants, like /r/ and /l/, can become vowellike in specific phonetic contexts.
   • The linguist described the sound as a vowellike glide.

   🌐شبيه بالعِلَّة

   المرادفات: vocalic

   الأضداد: consonantal