Bilabial

//baɪˈleɪ.bi.əl//

Synonyms for "bilabial" (125 found)

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Translations

50 translations across 26 languages.

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Arabic

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  • شَفَتَانِيّ adj (articulated with both lips)

Armenian

2 entries
  • երկշրթնային adj (articulated with both lips)
  • երկշրթնային noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Asturian

1 entries
  • billabial adj (articulated with both lips)

Catalan

2 entries
  • bilabial adj (articulated with both lips)
  • bilabial noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 雙唇音 /双唇音 noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Czech

4 entries
  • bilabiální adj (articulated with both lips)
  • obouretný adj (articulated with both lips)
  • retoretný adj (articulated with both lips)
  • bilabiála noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Finnish

2 entries
  • bilabiaalinen adj (articulated with both lips)
  • bilabiaali noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

French

1 entries
  • bilabial adj (articulated with both lips)

Galician

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  • bilabial adj (articulated with both lips)
  • bilabial noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ბილაბიალური adj (articulated with both lips)
  • წყვილბაგისმიერი adj (articulated with both lips)

German

4 entries
  • bilabial adj (articulated with both lips)
  • Beidlippenlaut noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)
  • Bilabial noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)
  • Doppellippenlaut noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Greek

2 entries
  • διπλοχειλικός adj (articulated with both lips)
  • διχειλικός noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Icelandic

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  • tvívaramæltur adj (articulated with both lips)

Irish

2 entries
  • déliopach adj (articulated with both lips)
  • déliopach noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Italian

2 entries
  • bilabiale adj (articulated with both lips)
  • bilabiale noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 両唇音 noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • хоёр уруулын adj (articulated with both lips)
  • ᠬᠣᠶᠠᠷ ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯ ᠦᠨ adj (articulated with both lips)

Navajo

1 entries
  • daaʼii adj (articulated with both lips)

Polish

2 entries
  • bilabialny adj (articulated with both lips)
  • dwuwargowy adj (articulated with both lips)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • bilabial adj (articulated with both lips)
  • bilabial noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Russian

4 entries
  • билабиа́льный adj (articulated with both lips)
  • гу́бно-губно́й adj (articulated with both lips)
  • билабиа́льный звук noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)
  • гу́бно-губно́й звук noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • bilabijal noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)
  • dvousnenik noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Spanish

2 entries
  • bilabial adj (articulated with both lips)
  • bilabial noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Swedish

1 entries
  • bilabial adj (articulated with both lips)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • âm đôi môi noun (a speech sound articulated with both lips)

Welsh

1 entries
  • dwywefusol adj (articulated with both lips)

Sample sentences

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Most languages have bilabial consonants.

Source: tatoeba (8115450)

Bilabial sounds are harder to learn in some languages.

Source: tatoeba (8979629)

The patient had bilabial tears from the rapid delivery.

Source: tatoeba (8979630)

P, B, and M are bilabial consonants.

Source: tatoeba (9233562)

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