dental consonant

• Sonido consonántico que se articula colocando la lengua contra los dientes superiores o cerca de ellos, como los sonidos 'th' del inglés.

A speech sound produced by placing the tip of the tongue against or near the upper front teeth, such as the 'th' sounds in English.

1. Linguistic termC1formal

   A consonant sound produced by placing the tip of the tongue against the upper front teeth.

   consonante dental

   • The 'th' sound in 'think' is a dental consonant.
   • In many languages, dental consonants are common.
   • Linguists study how dental consonants are articulated.