alveolar

See also: Alveolar

English

Etymology

From alveolus +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /alˈviː.əl.ə/, /ˌal.viˈəʊ.lə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ælˈvi.əl.ɚ/, /ælˈvi.lɚ/
  • Rhymes: -iːələ(ɹ), -əʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

alveolar (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, relational) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
  2. (anatomy, relational) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
  3. (phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.
  4. (anatomy, relational) Relating to the glands with secretory cells about a central space.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

alveolar (plural alveolars)

  1. (phonetics) An consonant.
    Synonym: (obsolete) gingival

Translations

References

Danish

Noun

alveolar c (singular definite alveolaren, plural indefinite alveolarer)

  1. (phonetics) alveolar

Declension

Declension of alveolar
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative alveolar alveolaren alveolarer alveolarerne
genitive alveolars alveolarens alveolarers alveolarernes

German

Etymology

Adjective form of Alveole (alveolus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alveoˈlaːɐ̯]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯
  • Hyphenation: al‧ve‧o‧lar

Adjective

alveolar (strong nominative masculine singular alveolarer, not comparable)

  1. (phonetics)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • alveolar” in Duden online
  • alveolar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

alveolar m

  1. indefinite plural of alveol

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.ve.oˈlaʁ/ [aʊ̯.ve.oˈlah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aw.ve.oˈlaɾ/ [aʊ̯.ve.oˈlaɾ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aw.ve.oˈlaʁ/ [aʊ̯.ve.oˈlaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.ve.oˈlaɻ/ [aʊ̯.ve.oˈlaɻ]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /al.vɛ.uˈlaɾ/ [aɫ.vɛ.uˈlaɾ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /al.bɛ.uˈlaɾ/ [aɫ.βɛ.uˈlaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /al.vɛ.uˈla.ɾi/ [aɫ.vɛ.uˈla.ɾi]

Adjective

alveolar m or f (plural alveolares)

  1. (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the alveoli of the lungs)
  2. (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the jaw ridge)
  3. (phonetics, of a phoneme) alveolar (produced on the jaw ridge)

Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)

  1. (phonetics) alveolar (a consonant produced on the jaw ridge)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alvéolaire.

Adjective

alveolar m or n (feminine singular alveolară, masculine plural alveolari, feminine and neuter plural alveolare)

  1. alveolar

Declension

Declension of alveolar
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite alveolar alveolară alveolari alveolare
definite alveolarul alveolara alveolarii alveolarele
genitive-
dative
indefinite alveolar alveolare alveolari alveolare
definite alveolarului alveolarei alveolarilor alveolarelor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alʋeǒlaːr/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ve‧o‧lar

Noun

alveòlār m inan (Cyrillic spelling алвео̀ла̄р)

  1. an alveolar
    Synonym: dèsnīk

Declension

Declension of alveolar
singular plural
nominative alveòlār alveolari
genitive alveolára alveolara
dative alveolaru alveolarima
accusative alveolar alveolare
vocative alveolare alveolari
locative alveolaru alveolarima
instrumental alveolarom alveolarima

Spanish

Etymology

From alvéolo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /albeoˈlaɾ/ [al.β̞e.oˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: al‧ve‧o‧lar

Adjective

alveolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural alveolares)

  1. alveolar

Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)

  1. alveolar

Further reading