illabial
UK/ɪˈleɪbi.əl/
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New Zealand/əˈlæebi.ɯ(l)/
illabial adjective: not labial; unrounded or unlabialized.
Adjective
illabial (not comparable)
- Not labial; unrounded or unlabialized.
- Lazicius identifies the second part of this interjection with the long high open phoneme y· (as occurring in fy· 'grass'). This interpretation is certainly incorrect since this interjectional ɯ is illabial, whereas y is rounded.1952, John Lotz, “Vowel Frequency in Hungarian”, in WORD, volume 8, number 3, published 2015, →DOI, page 227
- More refined analyses show that there are differences in the misperception of certain vowels between children and adults. For example, illabial /e:/ tends to be confused with labial /0:/ in adults' perception...2001, Charles W. Kreidler, editor, Phonology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, Volume 6, page 142
Origin of illabial
From il- + labial.
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Words that rhyme with illabial
Questions about illabial
- What does illabial mean?
- Illabial means not labial; unrounded or unlabialized.
- What part of speech is illabial?
- Illabial is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce illabial?
- Illabial is pronounced /ɪˈleɪbi.əl/ (UK).
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