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bilabial
[ bahy-ley-bee-uhl ]
adjective
- 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
- a bilabial speech sound.
bilabial
/ baɪˈleɪbɪəl /
adjective
- of, relating to, or denoting a speech sound articulated using both lips
(p) is a bilabial stop, (w) a bilabial semivowel
noun
- a bilabial speech sound
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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.
From Project Gutenberg
The w in Dutch is mostly labiodental; in the eastern parts before vowels bilabial pronunciation is heard.
From Project Gutenberg
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