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labiolingual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
labi-olin-gual
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the lips and tongue

adj

Articulated with the tongue and the lower lip.

noun

A consonant that is articulated with the tongue and the lower lip.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leb- Proto-Indo-European *l̥b-yómder. Proto-Italic *labjom Latin labium Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English labio- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English labiolingual From labio- + lingual.

Inflected Forms

labiolinguals (plural)

Derived Forms

labiolingually

Frequently Paired Words

labiodental linguolabial

Rhymes With

bilingual multilingual lingual monolingual sublingual trilingual unilingual interlingual quadrilingual polylingual omnilingual buccolingual

Questions

What does labiolingual mean?
Relating to the lips and tongue
Where does labiolingual come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leb- Proto-Indo-European *l̥b-yómder. Proto-Italic *labjom Latin labium Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English labio- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English labiolingual From labio- + lingual.

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