LABIAL CONSONANT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips

Synonyms:

labial; labial consonant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("labial consonant" is a kind of...):

consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "labial consonant"):

bilabial (a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/)

labial stop (a stop consonant that is produced with the lips)