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[den-ti-ling-gwuhl]

den·ti·lin·gual

[den-ti-ling-gwuhl] Phonetics
adjective
1.
articulated with the tongue near or touching the front teeth; interdental.
noun
2.
a dentilingual sound.

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Dentilingual is always a great word to know.
So is oral. Does it mean:
For the 'l' sound, having front-vowel resonance; situated before a vowel in the same syllable; produced without frication or aspiration
articulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as b, v

Origin:
1870–75; denti- + lingual
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dentilingual (ˌdɛntɪˈlɪŋɡwəl)
 
adj
1.  phonetics pronounced or articulated with the tongue touching the upper teeth
 
n
2.  a consonant so pronounced

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dentilingual den·ti·lin·gual (děn'tə-lĭng'gwəl)
adj.
Relating to the teeth and tongue.

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