Definitions For Labialization

Noun

LABIALIZATION. (countable and uncountable, plural LABIALIZATIONs) (phonology) A secondary articulatory feature of usually consonants that involves the contraction or rounding of the lips (labia) during pronunciation.

Translations

Catalan: labialització, f Chinese: : Mandarin: {{t-needed, cmn}} Finnish: labialisaatio French: labialisation, f Galician: labialización, f German: Labialisierung, f Hungarian: labializáció, ajakkerekítéses, ajakkerekítésessé válás Italian: labializzazione, f Polish: labializacja, f Portuguese: labialização, f Russian: лабиализа́ция, f Spanish: labialización, f Swedish: labialisering, c Vietnamese: môi hoá

See also

{{pedia, labialisation}} roundedness delabialization

Alternative forms

labialisation

Etymology

labialize + ation or labial + ization