labiodentally

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adverb

In a labiodental manner.

OriginEnglish labiodental ← Late Latin dentālis ← Middle French denta →
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Meanings

adverblabiodentally (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a labiodental manner.

    If this were indeed so, the p and b in lip-service, laptop, lapdog, sob-story, adoptive, etc. ought also to be pronounced labiodentally.

    1999, Iggy Roca, Wyn Johnson, A course in phonology, page 33

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leb-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*l̥b-yóm
  3. Proto-Italic*labjom
  4. Latinlabium
  5. Englishlabio-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  8. Proto-Italic*dents
  9. Latindēns
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Medieval Latindentālis
  13. Middle Frenchdenta
  14. Late Latindentālis
  15. Englishdental
  16. Englishlabiodental
  17. Englishlabiodentally

From labiodental + -ly.

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APA

labiodentally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labiodentally

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Chicago

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