apicoalveolar

 [ey-pi-koh-al-vee-uh-ler, ap-i-]  

a·pi·co·al·ve·o·lar

   [ey-pi-koh-al-vee-uh-ler, ap-i-] Phonetics
adjective
1.
articulated with the tip of the tongue in contact with or in approximation to the alveolar ridge.
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noun
2.
an apicoalveolar speech sound.

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Apicoalveolar is always a great word to know.
So is oral. Does it mean:
a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate
articulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as b, v
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Origin:
apico- + alveolar
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