offglide

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

Noun

  1. A phase while the articulators are moving away from their position in articulating a speech sound.
  2. The final, weaker part of a complex vowel, such as a diphthong, as the /ɪ/ sound of the /ɔɪ/ in English boy.

Origin

From off + glide.

Forms

offglides off-glide

Antonyms

onglide