on-glide

[ on-glahyd, awn- ]
/ ˈɒnˌglaɪd, ˈɔn- /

noun Phonetics.

a transitional sound produced by the vocal organs in moving from an inactive position or a previous sound to the articulatory position necessary for producing a following sound. Compare off-glide(def 1).

Origin of on-glide

First recorded in 1885–90

Example sentences from the Web for on-glide

  • Then we should have on-glide, angleiten; onlook anschauen, etc.

    Anima Poet |Samuel Taylor Coleridge

British Dictionary definitions for on-glide

on-glide

noun

phonetics a glide immediately preceding a speech sound, for which the articulators are taking position Compare off-glide