alveolare

See also: Alveolare

German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːʁə

Adjective

alveolare

1. inflection of alveolar:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Derived from alveolo (“alveolus”), from Latin alveolus (“small cavity”), derived from alveus (“hollow, cavity”), from alvus (“belly, womb”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”), +‎ -are (“-ar”, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ve.oˈla.re/, [äl̺ve.oˈl̺äːr̺e], [äl̺ve̯oˈl̺äːr̺e]
• Hyphenation: al‧ve‧o‧là‧re

Adjective

1. (anatomy, botany) alveolar, alveolate
2. (phonetics) alveolar (articulated with the tongue against the upper alveolar ridge)

Noun

alveolare f (plural alveolari)

1. An alveolar speech sound.

Derived terms

• alveolo-palatale
• postalveolare
• palatoalveolare

Related terms

• alveolo