labiodental
/ˌleɪ.bi.oʊˈdɛn.təl/adjective, noun
labiodental is an adjective meaning “articulated with the lower lip and upper teeth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-B-I-O-D-E-N-T-A-L and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 54 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does labiodental mean?
adjective
- 1
articulated with the lower lip and upper teeth.
/f/ and /v/ are labiodental consonants.
noun
- 1
A consonant articulated with the lower lip and upper teeth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce labiodental?
- UK /ˌleɪ.bi.əʊˈdɛn.təl/
- US /ˌleɪ.bi.oʊˈdɛn.təl/
Labiodental has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-labiodental.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of labiodental
- labiodentals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is labiodental?
Labiodental appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Labiodental in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | labiodental , labiodentale |
| German | labiodental , Lippenzahnlaut m Labiodental |
| Spanish | labiodental |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does labiodental come from?
From labio- + dental.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).