linguo-dental

See also: linguodental

English

Alternative forms

• linguadental
• linguodental

Etymology

From linguo- +‎ dental.

Adjective

linguo-dental (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) (of sound) made when the tip of the tongue extends outside the upper and lower anterior teeth
   • 1851, Benjamin Humphrey Smart, The Practice of Elocution: a Series of Exercises for Acquiring the Several […] ‎^[1]:

     "Let the linguo-dental breath consonant be heard at the letter or letters in italic."

Translations

made when the tip of the tongue extends outside the upper and lower anterior teeth

Noun

linguo-dental (plural linguo-dentals)

1. (phonetics) linguo-dental sound

Anagrams

• dentolingual