Alveolar Synonyms

ăl-vēə-lər
A consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. alveolar consonant
  2. dental consonant
  3. apico-alveolar
  4. dental
  5. barytone
  6. semivowel
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. bilabial
  2. consonantal
  3. labiodental
  4. monophthongal
  5. palatal
  6. pharyngeal
  7. pharyngealized
  8. retroflex
  9. unrounded
  10. vowellike

Words Related to Alveolar

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Alveolar Sentence Examples

  • The alveolar sound is frequent also in the languages of India, which possess both this and the dental sound.

  • The difference in formation between s and s is that the former is dental or alveolar, the latter is produced farther back and has .at least two varieties.

  • The sound was that of the unvoiced dental stop. The English t, however, is not dental but alveolar, being pronounced, as d also, not by putting the tongue against the teeth but against their sockets.

  • This difference is marked in the phonetic differentiation of the dental and the alveolar t by writing them respectively t and t.

  • Associated with this is the strength and sharpness of the lower jaw, the prominence and anterior pcsition of the masseteric ridge, and the depth of the ramus from the alveolar line to the angle.

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