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bilabial

[bahy-ley-bee-uhl]

bi·la·bi·al

[bahy-ley-bee-uhl] Phonetics
adjective
1.
produced with the lips close together or touching: the lips touch at one phase of the production of the bilabial consonants p, b, and m; they do not for the bilabial w.
noun
2.
a bilabial speech sound.

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Bilabial is always a great word to know.
So is surd. Does it mean:
voiceless; opposite to sonant
articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h-sound of how or in the release of initial stops, as in the k-sound of key

Origin:
1860–65; bi-1 + labial
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bilabial (baɪˈleɪbɪəl)
 
adj
1.  of, relating to, or denoting a speech sound articulated using both lips: (p) is a bilabial stop, (w) a bilabial semivowel
 
n
2.  a bilabial speech sound

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