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dentolabial

/dɛntəˈleɪbɪəɫ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
den-to-labi-al
IPA
/dɛntəˈleɪbɪəɫ/
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Articulated with the upper lip and lower teeth.

noun

A consonant articulated with the upper lip and lower teeth.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dens Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English dento- Proto-Indo-European *leb- Proto-Indo-European *l̥b-yómder. Proto-Italic *labjom Latin labium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin labiālisbor. English labial English dentolabial From dento- + labial.

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /dɛntəˈleɪbɪəɫ/

Inflected Forms

dentolabials (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

labiodental linguolabial

Rhymes With

endolabial exolabial apicolabial orolabial interlabial anterolabial posterolabial illabial ventrolabial maxillolabial superlabial basolabial

Questions

How do you pronounce dentolabial?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɛntəˈleɪbɪəɫ/.
What does dentolabial mean?
Articulated with the upper lip and lower teeth.
Where does dentolabial come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dens Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English dento- Proto-Indo-European *leb- Proto-Indo-European *l̥b-yómder. Proto-Italic *labjom Latin labium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin labiālisbor. English labial English dentolabial From dento- + labial.

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