labial consonant

• Consonne articulée par la fermeture ou le rapprochement des lèvres, ou par le contact de la lèvre inférieure avec les dents supérieures, comme /p/, /b/, /m/, /f/ et /v/.

A speech sound produced by bringing the lips together or bringing the lower lip into contact with the upper teeth, such as /p/, /b/, /m/, /f/, and /v/.

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   A consonant sound produced by bringing the lips together or bringing the lower lip into contact with the upper teeth.

   consonne labiale

   • The sounds /p/, /b/, and /m/ are examples of labial consonants.
   • In phonetics, labial consonants are classified by their place of articulation.
   • The word 'map' begins and ends with a labial consonant.