Alveolar synonyms

ăl-vē'ə-lər

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alveolar consonant
a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
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dental consonant
a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
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dental
Relating to the teeth.
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bilabial
Having two lips; bilabiate
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consonantal
Having the nature or function of a consonant
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labiodental
(Phonet.) Articulated with the lower lip against the upper front teeth, as (f) and (v)
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monophthongal
(Linguistics, of a vowel) Pronounced as a single vowel sound; said especially of a vowel that is otherwise normally pronounced as a diphthong.
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palatal
(Linguistics) Produced with the front of the tongue near or against the hard palate, as the (y) in English young.
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pharyngeal
Relating to, located in, or coming from the pharynx.
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pharyngealized
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retroflex
(Phonet.) Articulated with the tip of the tongue raised and bent slightly backward toward the hard palate
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unrounded
Not rounded.
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vowellike
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apico-alveolar
An apico-alveolar consonant
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barytone
Archaic form of baritone.
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semivowel
A sound in speech which has some qualities of a consonant and some qualities of a vowel
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alveolus (related)
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antral (related)
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parenchymal (related)
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atelectasis (related)
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vasodilatation (related)
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pericardial (related)
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middle-ear (related)
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myocardium (related)
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tracheal (related)
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Find another word for alveolar. In this page you can discover 25 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for alveolar, like: alveolar consonant, dental consonant, dental, bilabial, consonantal, labiodental, monophthongal, palatal, pharyngeal, pharyngealized and retroflex.
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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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