lamino-alveolar

[ lam-uh-noh-al-vee-uh-ler ]

adjectivePhonetics.
  1. articulated with the blade of the tongue approaching the alveolar ridge.

noun
  1. a lamino-alveolar sound, as the Cockney pronunciation of t in tea.

Origin of lamino-alveolar

1
First recorded in 1960–65

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