Meanings
adjectivehomorganic (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesOf consonants: having the same place of articulation; for example, labial m, b, p, alveolar n, d, t, velar ŋ, g, k.
Two identical consonants (redoubled) in second and third position are frequently found (they are called verba mediae geminatae), but two homorganic consonants are not.
2011 March 1, Eulàlia Vernet i Pons, “Semitic Root Incompatibilities and Historical Linguistics”, in Journal of Semitic Studies, volume 56, number 1, →DOI, page 4Synonyms: homotopic · Antonyms: heterorganic
- not comparablemedicineProduced by the same or homologous organs.
nounhomorganic (plural homorganics)
plural homorganics
- human sciencesA consonant having the same place of articulation as another.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf consonants: having the same place of articulation; for example, labial m, b, p, alveolar n, d, t, velar ŋ, g, k.
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Translations
French homorgane, homorganique
- homorganehaving the same place of articulation
- homorganiquehaving the same place of articulation
Spanish homorgánico
- homorgánicohaving the same place of articulation
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