alveolar

See also: Alveolar

English

Etymology

alveolus +‎ -ar

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /æl.ˈvi.ə.lɚ/, /æl.vi.ˈoʊ.lɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æl.ˈvɪə.lə/, /æl.viː.ˈəʊ.lə/

Adjective

alveolar (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to an alveolus.
  2. (anatomy) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
  3. (anatomy) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
  4. (phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

alveolar (plural alveolars)

  1. (linguistics) An alveolar consonant

Synonyms

Translations

Danish

Noun

alveolar c (singular definite alveolaren, plural indefinite alveolarer)

  1. (phonetics) alveolar

Declension
Declension of alveolar
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative alveolar alveolaren alveolarer alveolarerne
genitive alveolars alveolarens alveolarers alveolarernes

German

Etymology

Adjective form of Alveole (“alveolus”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [alveoˈlaːɐ̯]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯
  • Hyphenation: al‧ve‧o‧lar

Adjective

alveolar (not comparable)

  1. (phonetics) alveolar

Declension
Declension of alveolar
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist alveolar sie ist alveolar es ist alveolar sie sind alveolar
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative alveolarer alveolare alveolares alveolare
genitive alveolaren alveolarer alveolaren alveolarer
dative alveolarem alveolarer alveolarem alveolaren
accusative alveolaren alveolare alveolares alveolare
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der alveolare die alveolare das alveolare die alveolaren
genitive des alveolaren der alveolaren des alveolaren der alveolaren
dative dem alveolaren der alveolaren dem alveolaren den alveolaren
accusative den alveolaren die alveolare das alveolare die alveolaren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein alveolarer eine alveolare ein alveolares (keine) alveolaren
genitive eines alveolaren einer alveolaren eines alveolaren (keiner) alveolaren
dative einem alveolaren einer alveolaren einem alveolaren (keinen) alveolaren
accusative einen alveolaren eine alveolare ein alveolares (keine) alveolaren

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

alveolar m

  1. indefinite plural of alveol

Portuguese

Adjective

alveolar m or f (plural alveolares, comparable)

  1. (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the alveoli of the lungs)
  2. (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the jaw ridge)
  3. (phonetics, of a phoneme) alveolar (produced on the jaw ridge)

Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)

  1. (phonetics) alveolar (a consonant produced on the jaw ridge)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alʋeǒlaːr/
  • Hyphenation: al‧ve‧o‧lar

Noun

alveòlār m (Cyrillic spelling алвео̀ла̄р)

  1. an alveolar

Declension
Declension of alveolar
singular plural
nominative alveòlār alveolari
genitive alveolára alveolara
dative alveolaru alveolarima
accusative alveolar alveolare
vocative alveolare alveolari
locative alveolaru alveolarima
instrumental alveolarom alveolarima

Synonyms

Spanish

Adjective

alveolar (plural alveolares)

  1. alveolar

Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)

  1. alveolar

Further reading
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