vowellike

• Adjectif désignant ce qui ressemble à une voyelle par le son ou la qualité, comme une vocalise ou un son résonant.

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

1. Resembling a vowelC1formal

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

   vocalique

   • 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.

   Synonymesvocalic

   Antonymesconsonantal