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Bilabial

//baɪˈleɪ.bi.əl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Articulated with both lips. not-comparable

    ""Oh, yes. He talks a lot about phonemes and semantemes and bilabial fricatives. He has a van with recording apparatus in it. He's a good chap.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A speech sound articulated with both lips.
  2. 2
    a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/ wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bi- + labial.

Etymology 2

From bi- + labial.

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