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bilabial

[ bahy-ley-bee-uhl ]

adjective

  1. produced with the lips close together or touching: the lips touch at one phase of the production of the bilabial consonants p, b, and m; they do not for the bilabial w.


noun

  1. a bilabial speech sound.

bilabial

/ baɪˈleɪbɪəl /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or denoting a speech sound articulated using both lips

    (p) is a bilabial stop, (w) a bilabial semivowel

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a bilabial speech sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bilabial1

First recorded in 1860–65; bi- 1 + labial
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Example Sentences

Be this as it may, the value of the symbol in Greek was w, a bilabial voiced sound, not the labio-dental unvoiced sound which we call f.

The w in Dutch is mostly labiodental; in the eastern parts before vowels bilabial pronunciation is heard.

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