Word: Labialization
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Alexander Ellis (1814–1890), phonetician and mathematician. From labialize + -ation, perhaps after German Labialisierung
Definition:
The action of making a speech sound labial in pronunciation or articulation, as a secondary articulatory feature; the fact of a speech sound being labialized in this way.
Variant Forms:
- labialisation
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