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bilabial

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English

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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ labial.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /baɪˈleɪ.bi.əl/
  • Rhymes: -eɪbiəl
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

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bilabial (not comparable)

  1. (phonetics) Articulated with both lips.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 545:
      "Oh, yes. He talks a lot about phonemes and semantemes and bilabial fricatives. He has a van with recording apparatus in it. He's a good chap."

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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bilabial (plural bilabials)

  1. (phonetics) A speech sound articulated with both lips.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ labial.

Adjective

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bilabial m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilabials)

  1. (phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)

Noun

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bilabial f (plural bilabials)

  1. (phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)

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French

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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ labial.

Pronunciation

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bilabial (feminine bilabiale, masculine plural bilabiaux, feminine plural bilabiales)

  1. bilabial

Galician

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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ labial.

Adjective

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bilabial m or f (plural bilabiais)

  1. (phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)

Noun

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bilabial f (plural bilabiais)

  1. (phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)

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German

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Adjective

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bilabial (strong nominative masculine singular bilabialer, not comparable)

  1. bilabial

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ labial.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.la.biˈaw/ [bi.la.bɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /bi.laˈbjaw/ [bi.laˈbjaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.lɐˈbjal/ [bi.lɐˈβjaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.lɐˈbja.li/ [bi.lɐˈβja.li]

  • Hyphenation: bi‧la‧bi‧al

Adjective

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bilabial m or f (plural bilabiais)

  1. (phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)

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Noun

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bilabial f (plural bilabiais)

  1. (phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French bilabial.

Adjective

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bilabial m or n (feminine singular bilabială, masculine plural bilabiali, feminine and neuter plural bilabiale)

  1. bilabial

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite bilabial bilabială bilabiali bilabiale
definite bilabialul bilabiala bilabialii bilabialele
genitive-
dative
indefinite bilabial bilabiale bilabiali bilabiale
definite bilabialului bilabialei bilabialilor bilabialelor

Spanish

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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ labial.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bilaˈbjal/ [bi.laˈβ̞jal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: bi‧la‧bial

Adjective

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bilabial m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilabiales)

  1. (phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)

Noun

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bilabial f (plural bilabiales)

  1. (phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)

Further reading

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