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bilabial

  (bī-lā'bē-əl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Pronounced or articulated with both lips, as the consonants b, p, m, and w.
  2. Relating to both lips.
n.

A bilabial sound or consonant.

bilabially bi·la'bi·al·ly adv.
 
 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - A consonant that is articulated using both lips.

pronunciation The consonant p is a bilabial sound.

 
WordNet: bilabial
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/

The adjective bilabial has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips
  Pertains to noun: labial (meaning #1)

 
Wikipedia: bilabial consonant

In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lips. The bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are:

IPA Description Example
Language Orthography IPA Meaning
Image:Xsampa-m.png bilabial nasal English man [mæn] man
Image:Xsampa-p.png voiceless bilabial plosive English spin [spɪn] spin
Image:Xsampa-b.png voiced bilabial plosive English bed [bɛd] bed
Image:Xsampa-pslash.png voiceless bilabial fricative Japanese 富士山 (fujisan) [ɸuʥisaɴ] Mount Fuji
Image:Xsampa-B2.png voiced bilabial fricative Ewe ɛʋɛ [ɛ̀βɛ̀] Ewe
image:IPA-voiced_bilabial_approximant.png bilabial approximant Spanish lobo [loβ̞o] wolf
Image:Xsampa-Bslash.png bilabial trill
Image:Xsampa-Oslash.png bilabial click

Owere Igbo has a six-way contrast among bilabial plosives: [p pʰ ɓ̥ b b̤ ɓ].

See also

  Consonants (List, table) See also: IPA, Vowels  
Pulmonics Bilabial Lab'den. Dental Alveolar Postalv. Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn. Epiglottal Glottal Non-pulmonics and other symbols
Nasals m ɱ n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ Clicks  ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ
Plosives p b p̪ b̪ t̪ d̪ t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ ʡ ʔ Implo­­sives  ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ
Fricatives  ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ h ɦ Ejec­­tives  pʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ sʼ
Approximants  β̞ ʋ ð̞ ɹ ɻ j ɰ Other laterals  ɺ ɫ
Trills ʙ r • ʀ • Co-articulated approximants  ʍ w ɥ
Flaps & Taps • ѵ ɾ ɽ • Co-articulated fricatives  ɕ ʑ ɧ
Lat. Fricatives ɬ ɮ • • • Affricates  ʦ ʣ ʧ ʤ
Lat. Appr'mants l ɭ ʎ ʟ Co-articulated stops  k͡p ɡ͡b ŋ͡m
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant. Shaded areas denote pulmonic articulations judged impossible.

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