Meaning

1 senses

  1. To round, make (a sound, notably a consonant) labial.

    labialisieren

    лабиализова́тьlabializovátʹ, огубитьogubít', огублятьogublját'

    лабіалізуватиlabializuvaty

More definitions
  • pronounce with rounded lips

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
make a sound labial:
Русский
By meaning 1
make a sound labial:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
make a sound labial:

Origin

labial (from Latin labium (“lip”)) + -ize (“causative suffix”)

labial (from Latin labium (“lip”)) + -ize (“causative suffix”)

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Forms

labializes, labializing, labialized, labialized
Base formlabialize · to labialize
3rd person singularlabializes
Present participlelabializing
Past simplelabialized
Past participlelabialized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylabialize
he, she, itlabializes

Past simpleLesson

all personslabialized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave labialized
he, she, ithas labialized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill labialize

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
delabialize
in some contexts:palatalize

Word family

7 related words
Relatedlabiatelabiodentallabiovelar
Derivedlabializablelabializationnonlabializedunlabialized

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
labB1labelB2labiumlaboratoryB1laborerB2labourA2
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