glide

Pronunciation: /ˈɡlaɪd/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
  2. noun the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
  3. noun the activity of flying a glider

Etymology

From Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *glīdan, from Proto-Germanic *glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleydʰ-. Cognate with West Frisian glide, glydzje, Low German glieden, Dutch glijden, German gleiten, Norwegian Nynorsk gli, Danish glide, Swedish glida, Finnish liitää.

In classic literature

Synonyms

semivowel

Semantic network

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phone
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palatal

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