labiodental

Speech parts

1. labiodental - Noun

2. labiodental - Adjective

Meaning

Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v.

A labiodental sound or letter.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

central back strong front heavy consonant alveolar hard flat broad explosive dorsal cerebral assimilation dental
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Antonyms

last small little low minor flat
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Hypernyms

consonant

Anagrams

dentolabial

Examples

A few languages such as Banda have a bilabial flap as the preferred allophone of what is elsewhere a labiodental flap. Source: Internet

Some ad hoc letters have appeared in the literature for the retroflex lateral flap, the voiceless lateral fricatives, the epiglottal trill, and the labiodental plosives. Source: Internet

Use in writing systems In most languages which use the Latin alphabet, v has a voiced bilabial or labiodental sound. Source: Internet

It has been surmised that in this dialect the sound / / may have changed to labiodental / / in some environments. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

labioalveolar labiocervical labioclination labiodental consonant labiodentalization labiodentally