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labialisation

labialisation is the alternative spelling of labialization.

Meaning of labialization

Noun

labialization (countable and uncountable, plural labializations)

  1. A secondary articulatory feature of usually consonants that involves the contraction or rounding of the lips (labia) during pronunciation.
    • These labialized stops are of course nothing but positionally determined allophones of the [t] and the [k] phoneme, and their labialization is non-distinctive1935, Bernard Bloch, American Speech

Forms of labialisation

plurallabialisations

Origin of labialisation

From labial + -isation.

Questions about labialisation

What is labialisation the alternative spelling of?
Labialisation is the alternative spelling of labialization.

Words near labialisation in the dictionary

  1. labial
  2. labial arteries
  3. labial artery
  4. labial pipe
  5. labial pipes
  6. labialisation
  7. labialisations
  8. labialise
  9. labialised
  10. labialises
  11. labialising

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