bilabial
Articulated with both lipsArticulated with both lips.
Recorded US: Speaker: Flame, not lame Recorder: Flame, not lame, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» P, B, and M are bilabial consonants.
"П", "б" та "м" — білабіальні приголосні. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
"П", "б" та "м" — губно-губні приголосні. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Articulated with both lips.
bilabial
билабиа́льныйbilabiálʹnyj, гу́бно-губно́йgúbno-gubnój
of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips
Examples
9 sentencesP, B, and M are bilabial consonants.
"П", "б" та "м" — білабіальні приголосні. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
A bilabial consonant is articulated with both lips.
The patient had bilabial tears from the rapid delivery.
When you have a stuffy nose, all your bilabial consonants will sound the same.
Bilabial sounds are harder to learn in some languages.
Translations
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Word family
5 related wordsSee also
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