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linguo-dental

linguo-dental adjective: (of sound) made when the tip of the tongue extends outside the upper and lower anterior teeth.

Adjective

linguo-dental (not comparable)

  1. (of sound) made when the tip of the tongue extends outside the upper and lower anterior teeth
    • "Let the linguo-dental breath consonant be heard at the letter or letters in italic."1851, Benjamin Humphrey Smart, The Practice of Elocution: a Series of Exercises for Acquiring the Several […]

Noun

linguo-dental (plural linguo-dentals)

  1. linguo-dental sound

Forms of linguo-dental

Adjective
alternative formlinguadental
alternative formlinguodental
Noun
plurallinguo-dentals

Origin of linguo-dental

From linguo- + dental.

Questions about linguo-dental

What does linguo-dental mean?
Linguo-dental means (of sound) made when the tip of the tongue extends outside the upper and lower anterior teeth.
What part of speech is linguo-dental?
Linguo-dental can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near linguo-dental in the dictionary

  1. linguliforms
  2. linguloid
  3. linguloids
  4. lingunite
  5. linguo-
  6. linguo-dental
  7. linguo-dentals
  8. linguo-nasal
  9. linguo-nasals
  10. linguo-occlusal
  11. linguo-palatal

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