What is another word for bilabial?
1003 synonyms found
What is a bilabial consonant?
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What is a bilabial trill?
What is a bilabial nasal?
Pronunciation:
[ ba͡ɪlˈe͡ɪbɪəl], [ baɪlˈeɪbɪəl], [ b_aɪ_l_ˈeɪ_b_ɪ__ə_l]
Bilabial, a term commonly used in linguistics, refers to a sound produced by the movement of both lips. Synonyms for bilabial include labial, bilabiate, bidental, and labio-dental. The labial sound is widely used in languages around the world, particularly in consonants such as "b", "m", and "p." When two opposing lips touch or come extremely close together, this produces a bilabial sound. The term "bilabiate" emphasizes the double lip movement involved in producing the sound. While "bidental" specifically refers to sounds that require the teeth to come together as well, the term "labio-dental" describes sounds that also require the tongue and teeth in addition to the lips.
Related words: bilabial consonants, bilabial trills, bilabial stop, bilabial nasal, bilabial velopharyngeal port
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Synonyms for Bilabial:
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- IPA ,
- Labiodental ,
- affricate ,
- alveolar ,
- aspirate ,
- assonance ,
- close vowel ,
- closed syllable ,
- consonant ,
- devoice ,
- diphthong ,
- elision ,
- fricative ,
- glottal ,
- glottal stop ,
- grapheme ,
- hiatus ,
- intonation ,
- labiovelar ,
- liquid ,
- open vowel ,
- palatal ,
- phoneme ,
- phonemics ,
- phonetic ,
- phonetics ,
- phonology ,
- plosive ,
- primary accent ,
- primary stress ,
- retroflex ,
- schwa ,
- secondary accent ,
- semivowel ,
- sibilant ,
- silent ,
- stress mark ,
- stressed ,
- syllable ,
- unstressed ,
- unvoiced ,
- uvular ,
- vocalic ,
- voiced ,
- voiceless ,
- vowel .
- aspiration ,
- labial ,
- tone .
- front .
Other relevant words:
- 2-dimensional ,
- abatement ,
- abaxial ,
- abject ,
- abruptly ,
- absorption ,
- abstemious ,
- accent ,
- accentuate ,
- accordant ,
- acculturation ,
- acme ,
- across-the-board ,
- adenoidal ,
- adjustment ,
- affair ,
- affaire ,
- afford ,
- affricate consonant ,
- affricative ,
- agree ,
- agreeable ,
- airless ,
- alight ,
- all-embracing ,
- all-encompassing ,
- all-inclusive ,
- alteration ,
- alveolar consonant ,
- ambition ,
- amour ,
- apartment ,
- apex ,
- aphonic ,
- arduous ,
- arrest ,
- articulate ,
- articulatio ,
- articulative ,
- ascertain ,
- assailable ,
- assay ,
- assure ,
- astray ,
- atonic ,
- auction pitch ,
- back up ,
- backbone ,
- backbreaking ,
- backrest ,
- backward ,
- backwards ,
- balk ,
- balmy ,
- bank check ,
- bar ,
- baritone ,
- barricade ,
- battlefront ,
- baulk ,
- beat ,
- beg ,
- beginning rhyme ,
- bet on ,
- big ,
- bill ,
- binding ,
- bland ,
- blanket ,
- block ,
- block off ,
- block up ,
- blockade ,
- blockage ,
- blockheaded ,
- bloom ,
- blossom ,
- blue ,
- boneheaded ,
- book binding ,
- bracing ,
- break ,
- break off ,
- breast ,
- breathed ,
- breathing in ,
- bridle ,
- brightness ,
- brightness level ,
- brisk ,
- broken ,
- brusk ,
- brusque ,
- buddy-buddy ,
- bug ,
- call ,
- call up ,
- calorie-free ,
- candid ,
- cant ,
- cant over ,
- capable ,
- cardinal ,
- catabolism ,
- catch ,
- categoric ,
- categorical ,
- cease ,
- change ,
- chant ,
- chanting ,
- character ,
- chatter ,
- check into ,
- check mark ,
- check off ,
- check out ,
- check over ,
- check up on ,
- check-out procedure ,
- checker ,
- checkered ,
- checkout ,
- cheeseparing ,
- cheque ,
- chequer ,
- chequered ,
- chink ,
- chip ,
- chit ,
- chummy ,
- clack ,
- clayey ,
- clean ,
- clear ,
- clink ,
- cloggy ,
- close down ,
- close up ,
- close-fitting ,
- closelipped ,
- closely ,
- closemouthed ,
- closing ,
- closing curtain ,
- closure ,
- cluck ,
- coalescency ,
- coalition ,
- coast ,
- come home ,
- come together ,
- compact ,
- compressed ,
- concentrated ,
- conclude ,
- conclusion ,
- concordant ,
- concretion ,
- condition ,
- confining ,
- confirmation ,
- conformable ,
- conglutination ,
- constrict ,
- constringe ,
- contact ,
- contain ,
- continuant consonant ,
- contract ,
- control ,
- correspond ,
- cover ,
- crack ,
- crest ,
- croaky ,
- crown ,
- crushed ,
- curb ,
- curt ,
- curtly ,
- cushy ,
- dab ,
- damp ,
- dampen ,
- dawn ,
- dead ,
- deaf-and-dumb person ,
- deaf-mute ,
- decrepit ,
- deep ,
- delay ,
- delicate ,
- deliver ,
- delivery ,
- dense ,
- dental consonant ,
- depleted ,
- depressed ,
- depression ,
- destructive metabolism ,
- detent ,
- determine ,
- deterrent ,
- diaphragm ,
- difficult ,
- diffuse ,
- diffused ,
- directly ,
- discipline ,
- discontinue ,
- disenfranchised ,
- disfranchised ,
- dismount ,
- dispirited ,
- distressed ,
- dither ,
- dog ,
- dorsum ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- draw out ,
- dream ,
- dull ,
- dumb ,
- earphone ,
- earpiece ,
- easy ,
- easygoing ,
- efflorescence ,
- elevation ,
- eminent ,
- emphasise ,
- emphasize ,
- enceinte ,
- encompassing ,
- end ,
- ending ,
- endorse ,
- enounce ,
- ensure ,
- enunciate ,
- exception ,
- exchange ,
- exclusion ,
- expectant ,
- exploit ,
- exposed ,
- extensive ,
- extremum ,
- eyeshade ,
- face ,
- faint ,
- faithful ,
- fall ,
- fall into place ,
- fallible ,
- farseeing ,
- farsighted ,
- fatheaded ,
- feeble ,
- feel ,
- feeling ,
- figurehead ,
- fill up ,
- finale ,
- find out ,
- finis ,
- finish ,
- fire ,
- fire up ,
- firm ,
- firmly ,
- first ,
- first gear ,
- fit ,
- flabby ,
- flaccid ,
- flapping ,
- flaps ,
- flat tire ,
- flatbed ,
- flatcar ,
- flavor ,
- flavorless ,
- flavour ,
- flavourless ,
- flection ,
- fleshy ,
- flexion ,
- flick ,
- flip ,
- flower ,
- fluent ,
- fluid ,
- flush ,
- flutter ,
- fluttering ,
- focus ,
- fold ,
- foramen ,
- forepart ,
- foresighted ,
- foresightful ,
- forgetful ,
- frail ,
- fresh ,
- fricative consonant ,
- front end ,
- front line ,
- front man ,
- frost ,
- full ,
- full point ,
- full stop ,
- fundamental ,
- fuss ,
- gage ,
- game ,
- gamey ,
- gamy ,
- gear ,
- gentle ,
- get across ,
- get down ,
- get off ,
- get through ,
- gibe ,
- give ,
- give up ,
- gliding ,
- gloomy ,
- glottal catch ,
- glottal plosive ,
- go over ,
- graph ,
- graphic symbol ,
- grave ,
- gravid ,
- great ,
- grievous ,
- grim ,
- grueling ,
- gruelling ,
- guttural consonant ,
- halt ,
- handicap ,
- hanker ,
- hardly ,
- harmonic ,
- harmonical ,
- harmonised ,
- harmonized ,
- hawk ,
- head rhyme ,
- headphone ,
- heart-to-heart ,
- heavily ,
- heavyset ,
- height ,
- heights ,
- heyday ,
- high gear ,
- high school ,
- high up ,
- high-pitched ,
- highschool ,
- hind ,
- hinder ,
- hindrance ,
- hitch ,
- hoar ,
- hoarfrost ,
- hold ,
- hold back ,
- hold in ,
- hold on ,
- huckster ,
- humble ,
- humbled ,
- humiliated ,
- hushed ,
- hydrant ,
- idle ,
- ignite ,
- igniter ,
- ignitor ,
- illume ,
- illuminate ,
- illumination ,
- illumine ,
- impediment ,
- impenetrable ,
- imperfect ,
- impregnable ,
- in high spirits ,
- inadequate ,
- incline ,
- indorse ,
- indulgent ,
- infirm ,
- inflect ,
- inflexion ,
- inhalation ,
- initial rhyme ,
- inner light ,
- insipid ,
- inspiration ,
- insure ,
- intake ,
- intellectual ,
- intemperate ,
- intemperately ,
- inter-group communication ,
- intercept ,
- interpreter ,
- intimacy ,
- intone ,
- inviolable ,
- involvement ,
- jejune ,
- jibe ,
- join ,
- joint ,
- judge ,
- junction ,
- juncture ,
- katabolism ,
- key ,
- keynote ,
- kibosh ,
- knock ,
- knockout ,
- label ,
- labored ,
- laborious ,
- laboured ,
- large ,
- large-minded ,
- last ,
- lateral pass ,
- lay off ,
- layover ,
- leaden ,
- learn ,
- lenient ,
- level ,
- liberal ,
- light source ,
- light up ,
- light within ,
- light-colored ,
- light-headed ,
- lighter ,
- lightheaded ,
- lighting ,
- lightly ,
- lightness ,
- lightsome ,
- limiting ,
- limpid ,
- linguistic ,
- link ,
- liquid state ,
- liquidity ,
- liquidness ,
- liquified ,
- lite ,
- little ,
- loggerheaded ,
- longsighted ,
- look ,
- look into ,
- loose ,
- low gear ,
- low-cal ,
- low-down ,
- low-pitched ,
- low-spirited ,
- low-toned ,
- lowering ,
- lowly ,
- lumbering ,
- luminance ,
- luminosity ,
- luminousness ,
- lurch ,
- luxuriously ,
- mark ,
- mark off ,
- mat ,
- match ,
- matt ,
- matte ,
- matted ,
- mellow ,
- melted ,
- meridian ,
- midst ,
- mild ,
- minute ,
- miserable ,
- moderate ,
- modest ,
- modulate ,
- modulation ,
- monger ,
- monotone ,
- monotonic ,
- monotonous ,
- moo ,
- mouse click ,
- movement ,
- muffle ,
- muffled ,
- mum ,
- musical note ,
- myopic ,
- nail down ,
- narrow down ,
- narrow-minded ,
- nasal bone ,
- nasal twang ,
- nasalisation ,
- near ,
- nigh ,
- nominal head ,
- note ,
- occlusion ,
- open air ,
- open up ,
- opened ,
- out-of-doors ,
- outdoors ,
- overt ,
- overweight ,
- palatalised ,
- palatine ,
- panoptic ,
- part ,
- pat ,
- pawl ,
- peddle ,
- peg down ,
- penetrate ,
- penny-pinching ,
- perch ,
- period ,
- pharyngeal consonant ,
- phonation ,
- phonemically ,
- piano ,
- pin down ,
- pinched ,
- pink ,
- pinnacle ,
- pitch contour ,
- pitch shot ,
- pitching ,
- plane ,
- plangency ,
- plosive consonant ,
- plosive speech sound ,
- plump for ,
- plunk for ,
- point ,
- ponderous ,
- poor ,
- pop ,
- potent ,
- pother ,
- presence ,
- primal ,
- prime ,
- profound ,
- promiscuous ,
- prosody ,
- prospicient ,
- prostrate ,
- punctuate ,
- punishing ,
- punt ,
- pure tone ,
- qualifying ,
- quality ,
- quiet ,
- quinine water ,
- quit ,
- rachis ,
- rake ,
- rap ,
- rear ,
- rearward ,
- rearwards ,
- receptive ,
- recollective ,
- refreshful ,
- refreshing ,
- replicate ,
- representative ,
- reprieve ,
- resonance ,
- respite ,
- restorative ,
- retard ,
- retentive ,
- retroflexed ,
- reverberance ,
- rhinal ,
- rhyme ,
- richly ,
- rickety ,
- ring ,
- ringing ,
- roll ,
- sailing ,
- sailplaning ,
- sales pitch ,
- sales talk ,
- sapless ,
- savorless ,
- savourless ,
- say ,
- scant ,
- scummy ,
- scurvy ,
- second ,
- secretive ,
- secure ,
- see ,
- see to it ,
- senior high ,
- senior high school ,
- set up ,
- severe ,
- severely ,
- shade ,
- shift ,
- short-change ,
- short-circuit ,
- shortly ,
- shortsighted ,
- shortstop ,
- shut ,
- shut down ,
- shwa ,
- sibilant consonant ,
- sidelong ,
- sink in ,
- skinny ,
- sky ,
- slack ,
- slant ,
- slide ,
- slope ,
- slurred ,
- sluttish ,
- small ,
- smell ,
- smooth ,
- snap ,
- snug ,
- soaring ,
- soccer field ,
- social movement ,
- soda ,
- soda pop ,
- soda water ,
- soft palate ,
- softened ,
- solicit ,
- solid ,
- sonorous ,
- sonorousness ,
- sound ,
- sound out ,
- soundless ,
- spacious ,
- spark ,
- sparkle ,
- specialise ,
- specialize ,
- specify ,
- spigot ,
- spinal column ,
- spine ,
- spirant ,
- spirit ,
- spoken word ,
- spokesperson ,
- spread ,
- spread out ,
- stake ,
- stay ,
- step ,
- stiff ,
- still ,
- stocky ,
- stop consonant ,
- stop over ,
- stopover ,
- stoppage ,
- stopped up ,
- stopped-up ,
- stopping point ,
- straight ,
- strain ,
- straw man ,
- strawman ,
- strengthen ,
- strident ,
- strike ,
- stuffy ,
- subdued ,
- subject ,
- substantial ,
- substantiation ,
- suck out ,
- suction stop ,
- suddenly ,
- sullen ,
- summit ,
- superlative ,
- support ,
- surface ,
- suspension ,
- swimming ,
- swooning ,
- tab ,
- tacit ,
- tally ,
- tapdance ,
- tar ,
- telephone ,
- telephone exchange ,
- telephone set ,
- tenacious ,
- tense up ,
- tenseness ,
- tension ,
- terminate ,
- thick-skulled ,
- thickheaded ,
- thickly ,
- thickset ,
- threatening ,
- tick ,
- tick off ,
- tight ,
- tightlipped ,
- tilt ,
- timber ,
- timbre ,
- tincture ,
- tint ,
- tip ,
- tiptop ,
- tizzy ,
- toilsome ,
- tolerant ,
- tone down ,
- tone of voice ,
- tone up ,
- tongueless ,
- tonic water ,
- tonicity ,
- tonus ,
- top ,
- toss ,
- tough ,
- train ,
- tripping ,
- try ,
- turn back ,
- twinkle ,
- two-dimensional ,
- unaired ,
- unassailable ,
- unattackable ,
- unawares ,
- unclouded ,
- unconditional ,
- undecided ,
- undefendable ,
- undefended ,
- understood ,
- undetermined ,
- undulate ,
- unexpressed ,
- unfastened ,
- unfold ,
- unforesightful ,
- unhorse ,
- unquotable ,
- unresolved ,
- unretentive ,
- unsaid ,
- unsounded ,
- unspecific ,
- unspoken ,
- unstated ,
- unsubtle ,
- unutterable ,
- unuttered ,
- unverbalised ,
- unverbalized ,
- vapid ,
- vehemence ,
- veil ,
- velar consonant ,
- vend ,
- verification ,
- vertebral column ,
- vertex ,
- vibrancy ,
- visible light ,
- visible radiation ,
- visor ,
- vizor ,
- vocalisation ,
- vocalise ,
- vocalization ,
- vocalize ,
- voiceless consonant ,
- volatile ,
- voteless ,
- vowel rhyme ,
- vowel sound ,
- vox ,
- wakeful ,
- wakeless ,
- wanton ,
- warm ,
- washy ,
- watch ,
- water faucet ,
- water tap ,
- watery ,
- wave ,
- weakly ,
- weighed down ,
- weighty ,
- whole step ,
- whole tone ,
- wide of the mark ,
- wide-cut ,
- wide-eyed ,
- widely ,
- wiretap ,
- with child ,
- wooden-headed ,
- wordless ,
- yearn .
- Assimilated ,
- Glossal ,
- Intonated ,
- Labialization ,
- Monophthong ,
- Monophthongal ,
- Nasalized ,
- Triphthong ,
- Unrounded ,
- accented ,
- allophone ,
- apical ,
- apico-alveolar ,
- apico-dental ,
- articulated ,
- articulation ,
- assimilation ,
- back ,
- barytone ,
- broad ,
- cacuminal ,
- central ,
- cerebral ,
- check ,
- checked ,
- close ,
- consonantal ,
- continuant ,
- dental ,
- dissimilation ,
- dorsal ,
- explosive ,
- flat ,
- glide ,
- glottalization ,
- guttural ,
- hard ,
- heavy ,
- high ,
- labial consonant ,
- laryngeal ,
- lateral ,
- lax ,
- light ,
- lingual ,
- low ,
- manner of articulation ,
- mid ,
- modification ,
- morphophoneme ,
- muted ,
- narrow ,
- occlusive ,
- open ,
- oxytone ,
- palatalized ,
- peak ,
- pharyngeal ,
- pharyngealization ,
- pharyngealized ,
- phone ,
- phonemic ,
- pitch ,
- pitched ,
- posttonic ,
- rounded ,
- soft ,
- sonant ,
- sonority ,
- speech sound ,
- stopped ,
- strong ,
- surd ,
- syllabic ,
- tense ,
- thick ,
- throaty ,
- tonal ,
- tonic ,
- twangy ,
- unaccented ,
- velar ,
- vocable ,
- vocoid ,
- voice ,
- voiced sound ,
- voicing ,
- vowellike ,
- wide .
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How to use "Bilabial" in context?
When you hear the word "bilabial," what comes to mind? For some, the word may conjure up an image of a person with a big smile and cherry-red lips. But for others, the word may conjure up a different image entirely - that of a dangerous animal, like a prehistoric lemur.
While the meanings of bilabial can vary, the sound that they make is always the same - blee which is pronounced like the letter "blah." Bilabial sounds come in pairs - the sounds bilabial consonants make are always combined with a bilabial vowel.
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