Tim produced a perfect alveolar trill for a straight minute. The rest of the Spanish class envied and despised this vulgar display of power.
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Alveolar
//alˈviː.əl.ə//
Synonyms for "alveolar" (119 found)
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Related words (59)
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11 entriesTranslations
93 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- سِنْخِيّ adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- لِثَوِيّ adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
Burmese
1 entries- မုဒ္ဓဇ adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
Catalan
3 entries- alveolar adj (relating to the lung alveoli)
- alveolar adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- alveolar adj (relating to alveolar glands)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 泡狀的 /泡状的 adj (relating to alveolar glands)
- 肺泡的 adj (relating to the lung alveoli)
- 齒槽的 /齿槽的 adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- 齒齦的 /齿龈的 adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
Czech
4 entries- alveolární adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- dásňový adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- alveolára noun (alveolar consonant)
- dásňovka noun (alveolar consonant)
Danish
2 entries- alveolær adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- alveolar noun (alveolar consonant)
Finnish
4 entries- alveolaarinen adj (relating to the lung alveoli)
- alveolaarinen adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- alveolaarinen adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- alveolaarinen adj (relating to alveolar glands)
French
4 entries- alvéolaire adj (relating to the lung alveoli)
- alvéolaire adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- alvéolaire adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- alvéolaire adj (relating to alveolar glands)
German
3 entries- alveolar adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- Alveolar noun (alveolar consonant)
- Zahndammlaut noun (alveolar consonant)
Greek
2 entries- φατνιακός adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- φατνιακός adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
Hungarian
2 entries- alveoláris adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- fogmederhang noun (alveolar consonant)
Icelandic
1 entries- tannbergsmæltur adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
Irish
4 entries- ailbheolach adj (relating to the lung alveoli)
- ailbheolach adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- ailbheolach adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- ailbheolach noun (alveolar consonant)
Italian
4 entries- alveolare adj (relating to the lung alveoli)
- alveolare adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- alveolare adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- alveolare adj (relating to alveolar glands)
Japanese
2 entries- 歯茎 adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- 歯茎音 noun (alveolar consonant)
Malayalam
1 entries- വർത്സ്യം adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
Mongolian
4 entries- бүйлний adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- түүшийн adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- ᠪᠦᠢᠯᠡ ᠶ᠋ᠢᠨ adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- ᠲᠦᢉᠦᠰᠢ ᠶ᠋ᠢᠨ adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
Navajo
1 entries- tʼáá bízhání adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
Polish
2 entries- alweolarny adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- dziąsłowy adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
Portuguese
4 entries- alveolar adj (relating to the lung alveoli)
- alveolar adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- alveolar adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- alveolar noun (alveolar consonant)
Romanian
4 entries- alveolar adj (relating to the lung alveoli)
- alveolar adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- alveolar adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- alveolar adj (relating to alveolar glands)
Russian
4 entries- альвеоля́рный adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- альвеоля́рный adj (relating to alveolar glands)
- альвеоля́р noun (alveolar consonant)
- альвеоля́рный согла́сный noun (alveolar consonant)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ailbhealach adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- ailbhealach adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ȁlveolāran adj (relating to the lung alveoli)
- ȁlveolāran adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- ȁlveolāran adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- ȁlveolāran adj (relating to alveolar glands)
Spanish
4 entries- alveolar adj (relating to the lung alveoli)
- alveolar adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- alveolar adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- alveolar adj (relating to alveolar glands)
Swedish
2 entries- alveolar adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- alveolar noun (alveolar consonant)
Welsh
4 entries- alfeolaidd adj (relating to the lung alveoli)
- gorfannol adj (relating to the jaw ridge)
- gorfannol adj (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth)
- gorfannol adj (relating to alveolar glands)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The alveolar approximant is a sound that is very rare in languages worldwide, but exists in the English language.
Source: tatoeba (1123932)
The alveolar ducts are one small part of the branching airways in the human lung.
Source: tatoeba (9013176)
The alveolar ridges contain the sockets of the teeth.
Source: tatoeba (9013182)
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