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labializations

labializations is the plural 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

Questions about labializations

What is labializations the plural of?
Labializations is the plural of labialization.

Words near labializations in the dictionary

  1. labialism
  2. labialities
  3. labiality
  4. labializable
  5. labialization
  6. labializations
  7. labialize
  8. labialized
  9. labializes
  10. labializing
  11. labially

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