offglide

/AA1 F G L AY1 D/
noun
  1. 1

    (linguistics) The final, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /ɪ/ sound of the /ɔɪ/ in English boy.

  2. 2

    (linguistics) A phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound.

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