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bilabial en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /baɪˈleɪ.bi.əl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *leb- Proto-Indo-European *l̥b-yómder. Proto-Italic *labjom Latin labium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin labiālisbor. English labial English bilabial From bi- + labial.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Articulated with both lips.
   • "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." 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 545:

Deriveds

prebilabial · bilabially · nonbilabial

Relateds

labialized · labiodental

Translations (30)

sv bilabial (articulated with both lips) · de bilabial (articulated with both lips) · cs retoretný (articulated with both lips) · pt bilabial (articulated with both lips) · ga déliopach (articulated with both lips) · cy dwywefusol (articulated with both lips) · ru билабиа́льный (articulated with both lips) · hy երկշրթնային (articulated with both lips) · ka ბილაბიალური (articulated with both lips) · fr bilabial (articulated with both lips) · it bilabiale (articulated with both lips) · mn ᠬᠣᠶᠠᠷ ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯ ᠦᠨ (articulated with both lips) · el διπλοχειλικός (articulated with both lips) · ks دُوُٹھؠ (articulated with both lips) · ar شَفَتَانِيّ (articulated with both lips) · ru гу́бно-губно́й (articulated with both lips) · gl bilabial (articulated with both lips) · pl bilabialny (articulated with both lips) · cs obouretný (articulated with both lips) · ast billabial (articulated with both lips) · es bilabial (articulated with both lips) · ka წყვილბაგისმიერი (articulated with both lips) · nv daaʼii (articulated with both lips) · ca bilabial (articulated with both lips) · he דּוּ־שְׂפָתִי (articulated with both lips) · fi bilabiaalinen (articulated with both lips) · cs bilabiální (articulated with both lips) · mn хоёр уруулын (articulated with both lips) · pl dwuwargowy (articulated with both lips) · is tvívaramæltur (articulated with both lips)

bilabial en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /baɪˈleɪ.bi.əl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *leb- Proto-Indo-European *l̥b-yómder. Proto-Italic *labjom Latin labium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin labiālisbor. English labial English bilabial From bi- + labial.

Meanings

1. A speech sound articulated with both lips.

Forms

Translations (23)

es bilabial (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · ru гу́бно-губно́й звук (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · pt bilabial (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · de Bilabial (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · ga déliopach (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · de Doppellippenlaut (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · cmn 雙唇音 /双唇音 (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · ks دُوُٹھؠ (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · el διχειλικός (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · sh bilabijal (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · de Zweilippenlaut (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · ja 両唇音 (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · hy երկշրթնային (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · it bilabiale (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · gl bilabial (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · ca bilabial (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · fi bilabiaali (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · cs bilabiála (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · cs retnice (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · vi âm đôi môi (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · sh dvousnenik (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · ru билабиа́льный звук (a speech sound articulated with both lips) · de Beidlippenlaut (a speech sound articulated with both lips)