linguo-dental

See also: linguodental

English

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Etymology

From linguo- +‎ dental.

Adjective

linguo-dental (not comparable)

  1. (phonetics) (of sound) made when the tip of the tongue extends outside the upper and lower anterior teeth
    • 1851, Benjamin Humphrey Smart, The Practice of Elocution: a Series of Exercises for Acquiring the Several […] ‎[1]:
      "Let the linguo-dental breath consonant be heard at the letter or letters in italic."

Translations

Noun

linguo-dental (plural linguo-dentals)

  1. (phonetics) linguo-dental sound

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