labialize

English

Etymology

labial (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin labium (“lip”)) +‎ -ize (“causative suffix”)

Verb

labialize (third-person singular simple present labializes, present participle labializing, simple past and past participle labialized)

1. (transitive) To round, make (a sound, notably a consonant) labial.

Antonyms

• delabialize

Derived terms

• labialization

Related terms

• labiate
• labiodental
• labiovelar

Translations

make a sound labial

• Belarusian: лабіялізаваць (labijalizavacʹ)
• Bulgarian: лабиализирам (labializiram)
• Dutch: labializeren
• French: labialiser (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: labialisieren (de)
• Greek: χειλικοποιώ (cheilikopoió)
• Russian: лабиализова́ть (ru) impf or pf (labializovátʹ)
• Ukrainian: лабіалізувати (labializuvaty)