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bilabial

[ bahy-ley-bee-uhl ]

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

  1. a bilabial speech sound.

bilabial

/ baɪˈleɪbɪəl /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or denoting a speech sound articulated using both lips

    (p) is a bilabial stop, (w) a bilabial semivowel

noun

  1. a bilabial speech sound

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bilabial1

First recorded in 1860–65; bi- 1 + labial

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