bilabial
Spanish, noun/bilaˈbjal/
bilabial is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bilabial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebilabial (articulated with both lips)
noun
- 1
femininebilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice de una consonante que se pronuncia uniendo o aproximando los dos labios.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bilabial
- bilabiales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bilabial?
- /bilaˈbjal/
- [bi.laˈβ̞jal]
- [bilaˈβ̞jal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bilabial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bilabial in Spanish?
bilabial appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).