inglide
/ˈɪnˌɡlaɪ̯d/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Under certain conditions of stress, my vowels are lengthened or given an inglide."
- "For example, he always uses the -y, -w adjuncts as markers for upglides and -h as a symbol for an inglide."
- "Got-caught distinction: The /ɔ/ vowel sound of words like talk, law, cross and coffee and the often homophonous /ɔr/ in core and more are tensed and usually raised more than in General American, varying on a scale from [ɔ] to [ʊ], while typically accompanied by an inglide that produces variants like [oə] or [ʊə]."
- "What though no bane inglide, Full waft each vein her tide, Each bone remain thy pride?"
- "Have ye not lately op'd your pearly portals wide, As a sainted poet's soul did noislessly inglide?"
Etymology
From in- + glide.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪnˌɡlaɪ̯d/
- British English: /ˈɪnˌɡlaɪ̯d/