Meaning

1 senses
  1. An alveolar consonant.

    Zahndammlaut, Alveolar

    альвеоля́рный согла́сныйalʹveoljárnyj soglásnyj, альвеоля́рalʹveoljár

More definitions
  • a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge

Examples

10 sentences
  1. The alveolar ridges contain the sockets of the teeth.

  2. An alveolar ejective has voiceless phonation, meaning it is produced without vocal cord vibration.

  3. Alveolar bone has a high mineral content, mainly calcium and phosphate.

  4. English contains several alveolar consonants.

    ruВ английском языке присутствует несколько альвеолярных согласных. — Selena777

  5. The alveolar ducts are one small part of the branching airways in the human lung.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
alveolar consonant:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
alveolar consonant:

Forms

plural: alveolars
Singularalveolar
Pluralalveolars

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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