labialize

English

Etymology

labial (from Latin labium (“lip”)) +‎ -ize (“causative suffix”)

Pronunciation

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Verb

labialize (third-person singular simple present labializes, present participle labializing, simple past and past participle labialized)

1. (transitive) To round, make (a sound, notably a consonant) labial.

Antonyms

• delabialize
• (in some contexts): palatalize

Derived terms

• labializable
• labialization
• nonlabialized
• unlabialized

Related terms

• labiate
• labiodental
• labiovelar

Translations

make a sound labial

Belarusian: лабіялізаваць (labijalizavacʹ) Bulgarian: лабиализирам (labializiram) Catalan: labialitzar (ca) Dutch: labializeren French: labialiser (fr) Galician: labializar German: labialisieren (de) Greek: χειλικοποιώ (cheilikopoió) Hungarian: kerekít (hu), labializál Portuguese: labializar (pt) Russian: лабиализова́ть (ru) impf or pf (labializovátʹ) Spanish: labializar (es) Ukrainian: лабіалізувати (labializuvaty)