alveolar

See also: Alveolar

English

Etymology

alveolus +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /æl.ˈvi.ə.lɚ/, /æl.vi.ˈoʊ.lɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æl.ˈvɪə.lə/, /æl.viː.ˈəʊ.lə/

Adjective

alveolar (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to an alveolus.
  2. (anatomy) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
  3. (anatomy) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
  4. (phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

alveolar (plural alveolars)

  1. (linguistics) An alveolar consonant

Synonyms

Translations

Danish

Noun

alveolar c (singular definite alveolaren, plural indefinite alveolarer)

  1. (phonetics) alveolar

Declension

German

Etymology

Adjective form of Alveole (“alveolus”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alveoˈlaːɐ̯]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯
  • Hyphenation: al‧ve‧o‧lar

Adjective

alveolar (not comparable)

  1. (phonetics) alveolar

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Adjective

alveolar m, f (plural alveolares, comparable)

  1. (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the alveoli of the lungs)
  2. (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the jaw ridge)
  3. (phonetics, of a phoneme) alveolar (produced on the jaw ridge)

Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)

  1. (phonetics) alveolar (a consonant produced on the jaw ridge)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alʋeǒlaːr/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ve‧o‧lar

Noun

alveòlār m (Cyrillic spelling алвео̀ла̄р)

  1. an alveolar

Declension

Synonyms

Spanish

Adjective

alveolar (plural alveolares)

  1. alveolar

Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)

  1. alveolar
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