alveolar

See also: Alveolar

English

Etymology

alveolus +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æl.ˈvi.ə.lɚ/, /æl.vi.ˈoʊ.lɚ/
• IPA^(key): /æl.ˈvɪə.lə/, /æl.viː.ˈəʊ.lə/

Adjective

alveolar (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to an alveolus.
2. (anatomy) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
3. (anatomy) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
4. (phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.

Derived terms

• alveolar bone
• alveolar dead space
• alveolarisation
• alveolarization
• alveolar ridge
• alveolary
• apicoalveolar
• basialveolar
• bronchioalveolar
• bronchioloalveolar
• bronchoalveolar
• dentoalveolar
• interalveolar
• intraalveolar
• labioalveolar
• lobuloalveolar
• nasoalveolar
• nonalveolar
• perialveolar
• postalveolar
• subalveolar
• transalveolar
• tubuloalveolar
• zygomaticoalveolar

 

Translations

of or relating to the alvelous

• Catalan: alveolar
• Finnish: alveolaarinen (fi)
• French: alvéolaire (fr)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: alveolare (it) m
• Romanian: alveolar (ro)
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• Russian: альвеоля́рный (ru) (alʹveoljárnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: alveolaran (sh)
• Spanish: alveolar (es)
• Welsh: gorfannol

relating to the jaw ridge

• Arabic: سِنْخِيّ (sinḵiyy)
• Finnish: alveolaarinen (fi)
• French: alvéolaire (fr)
• Greek: φατνιακός (el) (fatniakós)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: alveolare (it) m
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• Portuguese: alveolar
• Romanian: alveolar (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: alveolaran (sh)
• Spanish: alveolar (es)
• Welsh: gorfannol

relating to the alveoli

• Finnish: alveolaarinen (fi)
• French: alvéolaire (fr)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: alveolare (it) m
• Portuguese: alveolar
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• Romanian: alveolar (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: alveolaran (sh)
• Spanish: alveolar (es)
• Welsh: alfeolaidd

formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth

• Arabic: لِثَوِيّ (liṯawiyy)
• Burmese: မုဒ္ဓဇ (my) (muddha.ja.)
• Catalan: alveolar
• Danish: alveolær
• Finnish: alveolaarinen (fi)
• French: alvéolaire (fr)
• German: alveolar (de)
• Greek: φατνιακός (el) (fatniakós)
• Hungarian: alveoláris (hu)
• Icelandic: tannbergsmæltur
• Interlingue:
• Irish: ailbheolach
• Italian: alveolare (it) m
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• Mongolian: урдуур (mn) (urduur)
• Navajo: tʼáá bízhání
• Polish: dziąsłowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: alveolar
• Romanian: alveolar (ro)
• Russian: альвеоля́рный (ru) (alʹveoljárnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: alveolaran (sh)
• Spanish: alveolar (es)
• Swedish: alveolar (sv)
• Welsh: gorfannol

Noun

alveolar (plural alveolars)

1. (linguistics) An alveolar consonant

Synonyms

• (linguistics): gingival (obsolete)

Translations

an alveolar consonant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 齒齦音／齿龈音 (zh) (chǐyínyīn), 齿龈音 (zh) (chǐyínyīn)

• Danish: alveolar (da) c
• Finnish: alveolaari (fi)
• French: alvéolaire (fr) f
• German: Alveolar (de) m
• Hungarian: fogmederhang
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• Japanese: 歯茎音 (はぐきおん, hagukion)
• Portuguese: alveolar f
• Romanian: alveolară f, consoană alveolară (ro) f
• Russian: альвеоля́рный согла́сный m (alʹveoljárnyj soglásnyj), альвеоля́р m (alʹveoljár)
• Serbo-Croatian: alveolar (sh) m, desnik (sh) m
• Swedish: alveolar (sv) c

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Danish

Noun

alveolar c (singular definite alveolaren, plural indefinite alveolarer)

1. (phonetics) alveolar

Declension

Declension of alveolar

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alveolar	alveolaren	alveolarer	alveolarerne
genitive	alveolars	alveolarens	alveolarers	alveolarernes

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German

Etymology

Adjective form of Alveole (“alveolus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alveoˈlaːɐ̯]

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• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯
• Hyphenation: al‧ve‧o‧lar

Adjective

alveolar (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) alveolar

Derived terms

• Alveolar

Further reading

• “alveolar” in Duden online

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

alveolar m

1. indefinite plural of alveol

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the alveoli of the lungs)
2. (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the jaw ridge)
3. (phonetics, of a phoneme) alveolar (produced on the jaw ridge)

Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)

1. (phonetics) alveolar (a consonant produced on the jaw ridge)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alʋeǒlaːr/
• Hyphenation: al‧ve‧o‧lar

Noun

alveòlār m (Cyrillic spelling алвео̀ла̄р)

1. an alveolar

Declension

Declension of alveolar

	singular	plural
nominative	alveòlār	alveolari
genitive	alveolára	alveolara
dative	alveolaru	alveolarima
accusative	alveolar	alveolare
vocative	alveolare	alveolari
locative	alveolaru	alveolarima
instrumental	alveolarom	alveolarima

Synonyms

• dèsnīk

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Spanish

Adjective

alveolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural alveolares)

1. alveolar

Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)

1. alveolar

Related terms

• alvéolo

Further reading

• “alveolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014