bilabial

From bi- +‎ labial.

• IPA^(key): /baɪˈleɪ.bi.əl/
• Rhymes: -eɪbiəl

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bilabial (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) Articulated with both lips.
   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 545:

     "Oh, yes. He talks a lot about phonemes and semantemes and bilabial fricatives. He has a van with recording apparatus in it. He's a good chap."

• labialized
• labiodental

bilabial (plural bilabials)

1. (phonetics) A speech sound articulated with both lips.

From bi- +‎ labial.

bilabial m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilabials)

1. (phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)

bilabial f (plural bilabials)

1. (phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)

• “bilabial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bilabial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “bilabial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bilabial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From bi- +‎ labial.

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bilabial (feminine bilabiale, masculine plural bilabiaux, feminine plural bilabiales)

1. bilabial

From bi- +‎ labial.

bilabial m or f (plural bilabiais)

1. (phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)

bilabial f (plural bilabiais)

1. (phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)

• “bilabial”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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bilabial (strong nominative masculine singular bilabialer, not comparable)

1. bilabial

From bi- +‎ labial.

• Hyphenation: bi‧la‧bi‧al

bilabial m or f (plural bilabiais)

1. (phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)

• bilabialmente

bilabial f (plural bilabiais)

1. (phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)

• “bilabial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French bilabial.

bilabial m or n (feminine singular bilabială, masculine plural bilabiali, feminine and neuter plural bilabiale)

1. bilabial

From bi- +‎ labial.

• IPA^(key): /bilaˈbjal/ [bi.laˈβ̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: bi‧la‧bial

bilabial m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilabiales)

1. (phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)

bilabial f (plural bilabiales)

1. (phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)

• “bilabial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024