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labiodental

Spanish, noun/labjodenˈtal/

labiodental is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “labiodental consonant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does labiodental mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinelabiodental

noun

  1. 1

    femininelabiodental consonant

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Referido a un sonido: Que se articula al aproximar, rozar o tocar el labio inferior con el borde de los dientes incisivos.

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 labiodental

  • labiodentales feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce labiodental?

  • /labjodenˈtal/
  • [la.β̞jo.ð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]
  • [laβ̞joð̞ẽn̪ˈt̪al]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to labiodental

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is labiodental in Spanish?

labiodental appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).