onglide

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noun

A phase while the articulators are moving into position to produce a new speech sound.

Opposite
offglide
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Meanings

nounonglide (plural onglides)

plural onglides · alternative on-glide

  1. human sciencesA phase while the articulators are moving into position to produce a new speech sound.
  2. human sciencesThe first, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /j/ sound of the /juː/ in English few.
verbonglide (third-person singular simple present onglides, present participle ongliding, simple past and past participle onglided)

present singular third person onglides · participle present ongliding · participle past onglided · past onglided · alternative on-glide

  1. human sciencesTo produce this sound.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
offglide

Origin

From on- + glide. Compare Middle English ongliden (“to glide over”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

glenoidGlodenidoeling
Cite this entry
APA

onglide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onglide

MLA

“onglide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onglide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onglide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onglide.

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