bilabial

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/baɪˈleɪbɪəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/baɪˈleɪbiəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bī lā′bē əl)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
bi•la•bi•al /baɪˈleɪbiəl/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Phonetics(of a speech sound) produced with the lips close together or touching, as the sounds (p), (b), (m), and (w).

n. [countable]
  1. Phoneticsa bilabial speech sound.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
bi•la•bi•al  (bī lā′bē əl),USA pronunciation [Phonet.]
adj. 
  1. Phoneticsproduced 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.

n. 
  1. Phoneticsa bilabial speech sound.
  • bi-1 + labial 1860–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bilabial / baɪˈleɪbɪəl/
  1. of, relating to, or denoting a speech sound articulated using both lips: (p) is a bilabial stop, (w) a bilabial semivowel
  1. a bilabial speech sound
'bilabial' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
articulatory feature - b - government - homorganic - labial - labiovelar - m - p - w

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