labiodental

English

Etymology

From labio- +‎ dental.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌleɪ.bi.əʊˈdɛn.təl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌleɪ.bi.oʊˈdɛn.təl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

labiodental (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) articulated with the lower lip and upper teeth.

   Coordinate terms: dentolabial, labiolingual

   /f/ and /v/ are labiodental consonants.

Derived terms

• labiodentalization
• labiodentally

Translations

articulated with the lower lip and upper teeth

• Arabic: شَفَوِيّ أَسْنَانِيّ (šafawiyy ʔasnāniyy, literally “labial dental”)
• Armenian: շրթնատամնային (hy) (šrtʻnatamnayin)
• Czech: retozubný, labiodentální
• Finnish: labiodentaalinen (fi)
• French: labiodental (fr) m
• Georgian: კბილბაგისმიერი (ḳbilbagismieri), დენტოლაბიალური (denṭolabialuri), ლაბიოდენტალური (labiodenṭaluri)
• German: labiodental (de)
• Greek: χειλοδοντικός (el) m (cheilodontikós)
• Icelandic: tannvaramæltur
• Irish: liopa-dhéadach
• Italian: labiodentale m or f
• Russian: гу́бно-зубно́й (ru) (gúbno-zubnój), ла́биодента́льный (ru) (lábiodɛntálʹnyj)
• Spanish: labiodental (es)
• Swedish: labiodental (sv)
• Welsh: gwefus-ddeintiol

Noun

labiodental (plural labiodentals)

1. (phonetics) A speech sound articulated with the lower lip and upper teeth.

Translations

a speech sound articulated with the lower lip and upper teeth

• Armenian: շրթնատամնային (hy) (šrtʻnatamnayin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唇齒音 / 唇齿音 (zh) (chúnchǐyīn)

• Czech: retozubnice f, labiodentála f
• Esperanto: labiodentalo
• Finnish: labiodentaali (fi)
• French: labiodentale (fr) f
• Georgian: კბილბაგისმიერი თანხმოვანი (ḳbilbagismieri tanxmovani), დენტოლაბიალური თანხმოვანი (denṭolabialuri tanxmovani), ლაბიოდენტალური თანხმოვანი (labiodenṭaluri tanxmovani)
• German: Lippenzahnlaut m Labiodental (de) m
• Irish: liopa-dhéadach m
• Japanese: 唇歯音 (shinshion)
• Russian: гу́бно-зубно́й согла́сный m (gúbno-zubnój soglásnyj), ла́биодента́льный согла́сный m (lábiodɛntálʹnyj soglásnyj)
• Slovene: zóbnoústničnik m

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

labiodental (feminine labiodentale, masculine plural labiodentaux, feminine plural labiodentales)

1. labiodental

Derived terms

• labiodentale (noun)

Further reading

• “labiodental”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labi̯odɛnˈtaːl/
• Hyphenation: la‧bio‧den‧tal

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

labiodental (strong nominative masculine singular labiodentaler, not comparable)

1. labiodental

Declension

Positive forms of labiodental (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist labiodental	sie ist labiodental	es ist labiodental	sie sind labiodental
strong declension (without article)	nominative	labiodentaler	labiodentale	labiodentales	labiodentale
	genitive	labiodentalen	labiodentaler	labiodentalen	labiodentaler
	dative	labiodentalem	labiodentaler	labiodentalem	labiodentalen
	accusative	labiodentalen	labiodentale	labiodentales	labiodentale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der labiodentale	die labiodentale	das labiodentale	die labiodentalen
	genitive	des labiodentalen	der labiodentalen	des labiodentalen	der labiodentalen
	dative	dem labiodentalen	der labiodentalen	dem labiodentalen	den labiodentalen
	accusative	den labiodentalen	die labiodentale	das labiodentale	die labiodentalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein labiodentaler	eine labiodentale	ein labiodentales	(keine) labiodentalen
	genitive	eines labiodentalen	einer labiodentalen	eines labiodentalen	(keiner) labiodentalen
	dative	einem labiodentalen	einer labiodentalen	einem labiodentalen	(keinen) labiodentalen
	accusative	einen labiodentalen	eine labiodentale	ein labiodentales	(keine) labiodentalen

Derived terms

• Labiodental

Further reading

• “labiodental” in Duden online
• “labiodental”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French labiodentale.

Adjective

labiodental m or n (feminine singular labiodentală, masculine plural labiodentali, feminine/neuter plural labiodentale)

1. labiodental

Declension

Declension of labiodental

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	labiodental		labiodentală	labiodentali	labiodentale
	definite	labiodentalul		labiodentala	labiodentalii	labiodentalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	labiodental		labiodentale	labiodentali	labiodentale
	definite	labiodentalului		labiodentalei	labiodentalilor	labiodentalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /labjodenˈtal/ [la.β̞jo.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: la‧bio‧den‧tal

Adjective

labiodental m or f (masculine and feminine plural labiodentales)

1. labiodental

Noun

labiodental f (plural labiodentales)

1. labiodental consonant

Further reading

• “labiodental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

labio- +‎ dental

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlabɪʊdɛnˌtɑːl/

Adjective

labiodental (not comparable)

1. (phonology, phonetics) labiodental

Declension

Inflection of labiodental

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	labiodental	—	—
neuter singular	labiodentalt	—	—
plural	labiodentala	—	—
masculine plural2	labiodentale	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	labiodentale	—	—
all	labiodentala	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

labiodental c

1. (phonetics, phonology) labiodental consonant

Declension

Declension of labiodental

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	labiodental	labiodentals
	definite	labiodentalen	labiodentalens
plural	indefinite	labiodentaler	labiodentalers
	definite	labiodentalerna	labiodentalernas

References

• “labiodental”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “labiodental”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “labiodental”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)