labiodental
/ˌleɪbioʊˈdɛntəl/
adjective
- Relating to a sound made by placing the lower lip against the upper teeth.
- In phonetics class, we practiced labiodental articulation.
- The 'f' and 'v' sounds are labiodental consonants.
- She noticed a labiodental quality in his pronunciation of 'phone'.
noun
- A speech sound made by placing the lower lip against the upper teeth.
- English has two labiodentals: /f/ and /v/.
- The student struggled to produce the labiodental correctly.
- In many languages, labiodentals are common sounds.