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Bilabial is an English word with synonyms like labial. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Bilabial in a sentence

Bilabial meaning

Articulated with both lips.

Synonyms of Bilabial

labial consonant labial

Related words

Other words often associated with Bilabial or its synonyms:

consonant lip articulator

Using Bilabial

  • The main meaning on this page is: Articulated with both lips.
  • Useful related words include: labial consonant, labial.
  • In the example corpus, bilabial often appears in combinations such as: voiced bilabial.

Context around Bilabial

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

voiced 2× nasal 1× include 1× preaspirated 1× voiceless 1×

Often after:

flap 1× plosives 1× click 1× stop 1× fricative 1×

Sentence patterns with Bilabial

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a nasal bilabial click 1× a voiced bilabial or labiodental 1× and voiced bilabial plosives but 1× b a bilabial with plosive 1× date the bilabial m is 1× have a bilabial flap as 1× places include bilabial both lips 1× the preaspirated bilabial stop 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a few languages 1× earlier phases of 1× for example t 1× in all cases 1× in early spanish 1× places include bilabial 1×

Common sentence endings:

a labiodental flap 1× against soft palate 1× and fricative allophones 1× have been lost 1× nasal bilabial click 1× of long vowels 1×

Words around Bilabial

Just before it in the word index:

bila 7 bil 27 bikur 2 bikram 33 bikoro 9 bikoko 2

Just after it in the word index:

bilad 4 bilagi 2 bilai 4 bilak 2 bilal 78 bilalaj 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Bilabial

  • In this selection, "bilabial" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, voiced, nasal, include, flap, plosives and click stand out and add context to how "bilabial" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a nasal bilabial click and a voiced bilabial or labiodental. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "bilabial" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with bilabial

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

For example, t! is a voiceless dental click, and m! is a nasal bilabial click. (15 words)

In all cases reported to date, the bilabial /m/ is the first nasal consonant to be phonologized. (17 words)

Places include bilabial (both lips), alveolar (tongue against the gum ridge), and velar (tongue against soft palate). (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Professor Lee's orthography continues in use, with only two major changes: the addition of wh to distinguish the voiceless bilabial fricative phoneme from the labio-velar phoneme /w/; and the consistent marking of long vowels. (36 words)

In early Spanish (but not in Catalan or Portuguese) it merged with the consonant written b (a bilabial with plosive and fricative allophones). (23 words)

A few languages such as Banda have a bilabial flap as the preferred allophone of what is elsewhere a labiodental flap. (21 words)

Example sentences (9)

A few languages such as Banda have a bilabial flap as the preferred allophone of what is elsewhere a labiodental flap.

Earlier phases of Egyptian may have contrasted voiceless and voiced bilabial plosives, but the distinction seems to have been lost.

For example, t! is a voiceless dental click, and m! is a nasal bilabial click.

In all cases reported to date, the bilabial /m/ is the first nasal consonant to be phonologized.

In early Spanish (but not in Catalan or Portuguese) it merged with the consonant written b (a bilabial with plosive and fricative allophones).

Places include bilabial (both lips), alveolar (tongue against the gum ridge), and velar (tongue against soft palate).

Preaspirated consonants are marked by placing the aspiration modifier letter before the consonant symbol: represents the preaspirated bilabial stop.

Professor Lee's orthography continues in use, with only two major changes: the addition of wh to distinguish the voiceless bilabial fricative phoneme from the labio-velar phoneme /w/; and the consistent marking of long vowels.

Use in writing systems In most languages which use the Latin alphabet, v has a voiced bilabial or labiodental sound.

Common combinations with bilabial

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "bilabial" in a sentence?
An example: "A few languages such as Banda have a bilabial flap as the preferred allophone of what is elsewhere a labiodental flap." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "bilabial" from authentic English texts.
What does "bilabial" mean?
Bilabial means: Articulated with both lips.
What are synonyms of "bilabial"?
Common synonyms of "bilabial" include: labial consonant, labial.
How many example sentences with "bilabial" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "bilabial", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.