labialize

• Verbe utilisé en phonétique pour désigner l'action de prononcer un son avec les lèvres arrondies.

A verb used in phonetics to indicate the act of pronouncing a sound with rounded lips.

1. Pronounce with rounded lipsC2formal

   To articulate a speech sound by rounding the lips, a phonetic process often used in linguistics.

   labialiser

   • In some languages, speakers labialize certain consonants.
   • The phonetician explained how to labialize the vowel sound.
   • When you labialize the 'k' sound, it becomes more like 'kw'.

   Synonymesround