LABIODENTAL Dictionary entry overview: What does labiodental mean?

LABIODENTAL (noun) The noun LABIODENTAL has 1 sense: 1. a consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth Familiarity information: LABIODENTAL used as a noun is very rare. Dictionary entry details LABIODENTAL (noun) Meaning: A consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth Classified under: Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents Synonyms: labiodental; labiodental consonant Hypernyms ("labiodental" is a kind of...): consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)

Synonyms are words that have almost the same meaning. Antonyms are words that have opposite meaning. I love the rain! I hate the rain! ] In linguistics, a specific term used to designate a member of a class. For instance, oak is a hyponym of tree, and dog is a hyponym of animal. The opposite of a hyponym is a hypernym.

HOMONYM: One of two or more words having the same sound and often the same spelling but different meanings. Examples: quail (cower), and quail (bird) fair (appearance), fair (county fair), and fair (reasonable). HOMOPHONE: One of two or more words pronounced the same but different in meaning, origin, and sometimes spelling. Examples: cite, sight, and site; sea and see; your and you're; bow and bough. HOMOGRAPH: One of two or more words spelled alike but different in origin, meaning, and sometimes pronunciation. Examples: bow of a ship, a bow and arrow, and a bow (deference/manners). HETERONYM: One of two or more words that are spelled the same but that differ in pronunciation and meaning. Examples: bass (voice) and bass (fish); polish (shine) and Polish (from Poland); tear (rip) and tear (from eye).