Most English dialects lack uvular consonants.
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Uvular
/ˈjuːvjʊlə/
Synonyms for "uvular" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adjective(2 words)
gutturaluvula related
Strong matches (2)
Adjective(2 words)
uvula-associateduvular anatomy
Related words (4)
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesanatomical structureplace of articulationspeech sound category
More specific
7 entriesuvular fricativeuvular mucosauvular muscleuvular nasaluvular stopuvular tissueuvular trill
Collocations
6 entriesuvular articulationuvular consonantuvular fricativeuvular regionuvular stopuvular trill
Inflections
2 entriesmore uvularmost uvular
Derivations
6 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Dutch has many kinds of R's, such as the alveolar R and the uvular R.
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