I can't articulate myself very well. I even find it hard to get my tongue around the word "articulation".
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Articulation
//ɑɹˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "articulation" (256 found)
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connecting linkconnecting rodconnectionconsecutionconsonantcontinuantcontinuumconvergencecopulationcouplingcoursecycledeliverydentaldescentdictiondiphthongdissimilationdovetaildrone
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elbowembraceendless beltendless roundenunciationepenthetic vowelexplosiveexpressionfilefiliationflywheel effectformulationfree formgamutgatheringglidegliding jointglottalglottalizationgradationgutturalharmonyhingehinged jointhiphomographhomonymhomophonehookuphumindian fileinflectionintercommunicationintercourseinterfaceinterlinkingintonationjoinderjoiningjointurejunctionjuncturekneeknottingknucklelabiallabializationlabiodentallabiovelarlaryngeallaterallexemeliaison
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linelineagelinguallinguistic formlinklinkagelinkingliquidlocutionlogosmanner of articulationmarriagemeetingmergermergingmetonymminimum free formmitermodificationmonophthong
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monosyllablemonotonemorphophonememortisemutenasalnecknexusocclusiveoratorypairingpalatalparasitic vowelpeakpendulumperiodicitypharyngealpharyngealizationphonationphonephonemephrasingpivotpivot jointplenumplosivepolysyllablepowder trainprogressionpronunciationprothetic vowelqueuerabbetrangerankrecurrencereticulationretroflexrotationroundroutinerowrunscalescarfseamsegmental phonemesemivowelsequenceseriesshouldersingle filesonantsonorityspectrumspeechspeech soundsplicestatementstitchstopstringsuccessionsurdsutureswathsyllabic nucleussyllabic peaksyllablesymbiosissymphysissynonymtermthreadtietie intie rodtie uptie-intie-uptiertoggletoggle jointtonguetraintransition soundtriphthongunificationunionusagevelarventverbumvocablevocalicvocalizationvocoidvoiced soundvoiceless soundvoicingvowelweldwindrowwordwordingwristyoking
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Translations
59 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- става noun (joint or collection of joints)
- шарнир noun (joint or collection of joints)
Catalan
1 entries- articulació noun (joint or collection of joints)
Finnish
4 entries- artikulaatio noun (clarity of speech)
- artikulointi noun (clarity of speech)
- artikulointi noun (music: manner of articulation)
- lausuminen noun (clarity of speech)
Galician
1 entries- articulación noun (joint or collection of joints)
German
1 entries- Artikulation noun (clarity of speech)
Indonesian
4 entries- artikulasi noun (joint or collection of joints)
- artikulasi noun (clarity of speech)
- artikulasi noun (linguistics: means of uttering a phoneme)
- persendian noun (joint or collection of joints)
Irish
2 entries- urlabhairt noun (clarity of speech)
- urlabhraíocht noun (clarity of speech)
Italian
2 entries- articolazione noun (joint or collection of joints)
- articolazione noun (clarity of speech)
Japanese
4 entries- アーティキュレーション noun (music: manner of articulation)
- 接合 noun (manner or method by which elements of a system are connected)
- 明瞭な発音 noun (clarity of speech)
- 滑舌 noun (clarity of speech)
Malay
4 entries- artikulasi noun (clarity of speech)
- artikulasi noun (linguistics: means of uttering a phoneme)
- kepetahan noun (clarity of speech)
- persendian noun (joint or collection of joints)
Norwegian
1 entries- artikulasjon noun (clarity of speech)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بوغوم noun (joint or collection of joints)
- مفصل noun (joint or collection of joints)
Persian
1 entries- مفصل noun (joint or collection of joints)
Polish
4 entries- artykulacja noun (joint or collection of joints)
- artykulacja noun (clarity of speech)
- artykulacja noun (linguistics: means of uttering a phoneme)
- artykulacja noun (music: manner of articulation)
Romanian
1 entries- articulație noun (joint or collection of joints)
Russian
4 entries- артикуля́ция noun (clarity of speech)
- артикуля́ция noun (music: manner of articulation)
- сочлене́ние noun (joint or collection of joints)
- шарни́р noun (joint or collection of joints)
Spanish
4 entries- articulación noun (joint or collection of joints)
- articulación noun (manner or method by which elements of a system are connected)
- articulación noun (clarity of speech)
- pronunciación noun (clarity of speech)
Swedish
3 entries- artikulation noun (clarity of speech)
- led noun (joint or collection of joints)
- ledfogning noun (joint or collection of joints)
Tagalog
1 entries- kasukasuan noun (joint or collection of joints)
Turkish
4 entries- artikülasyon noun (clarity of speech)
- boğumlanma noun (clarity of speech)
- mafsal noun (joint or collection of joints)
- telaffuz noun (clarity of speech)
Ukrainian
1 entries- артикуля́ція noun (linguistics: means of uttering a phoneme)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The speech therapist at Tom's school helped him overcome his articulation problems.
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The articulation allowed the robot to move around corners.
Source: wiktionary
In this paper, we make a step forward, by considering term to query articulations, that is articulations relating queries of one source to terms in another
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