lamino-alveolar
[ lam-uh-noh-al-vee-uh-ler ]
adjectivePhonetics.
articulated with the blade of the tongue approaching the alveolar ridge.
noun
a lamino-alveolar sound, as the Cockney pronunciation of t in tea.
Origin of lamino-alveolar
1First recorded in 1960–65
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