bilabial

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English

Etymology

bi- +‎ labial

Pronunciation

Adjective

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."

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Noun

bilabial (plural bilabials)

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

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From bi- +‎ labial.

Adjective

bilabial m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilabials)

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

Noun

bilabial f (plural bilabials)

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

Further reading

French

Etymology

From bi- +‎ labial.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. bilabial

Galician

Etymology

From bi- +‎ labial.

Adjective

bilabial m or f (plural bilabiais)

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

Noun

bilabial f (plural bilabiais)

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

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

bilabial (strong nominative masculine singular bilabialer, not comparable)

  1. bilabial

Declension

Positive forms of bilabial (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist bilabial sie ist bilabial es ist bilabial sie sind bilabial
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative bilabialer bilabiale bilabiales bilabiale
genitive bilabialen bilabialer bilabialen bilabialer
dative bilabialem bilabialer bilabialem bilabialen
accusative bilabialen bilabiale bilabiales bilabiale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der bilabiale die bilabiale das bilabiale die bilabialen
genitive des bilabialen der bilabialen des bilabialen der bilabialen
dative dem bilabialen der bilabialen dem bilabialen den bilabialen
accusative den bilabialen die bilabiale das bilabiale die bilabialen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein bilabialer eine bilabiale ein bilabiales (keine) bilabialen
genitive eines bilabialen einer bilabialen eines bilabialen (keiner) bilabialen
dative einem bilabialen einer bilabialen einem bilabialen (keinen) bilabialen
accusative einen bilabialen eine bilabiale ein bilabiales (keine) bilabialen

Portuguese

Etymology

From bi- +‎ labial.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.la.biˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /bi.laˈbjaw/
 

  • Hyphenation: bi‧la‧bi‧al

Adjective

bilabial m or f (plural bilabiais)

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

Derived terms

Noun

bilabial f (plural bilabiais)

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

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bilabial.

Adjective

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

  1. bilabial

Declension

Declension of bilabial
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

Etymology

From bi- +‎ labial.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

bilabial m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilabiales)

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

Noun

bilabial f (plural bilabiales)

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

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