to labialize

1 9.9

To make a sound with the lips rounded

verb
/ˈleɪbiəˌlaɪz/

Specialized

: labializar

Linguists study how people labialize vowels in different languages.

Examples

You need to labialize the vowel sounds correctly.
You can hear how she labialized the sound when she pronounced the word.
In some dialects, speakers may labialize the initial consonant of certain words.
He labialized the 'o' sound during the lesson.
When teaching phonetics, it's important to demonstrate how to labialize the 'o' sound by rounding the lips.
In her speech therapy session, the teacher helped him labialize the consonants correctly for clearer pronunciation.
To improve her accent, she practiced how to labialize certain vowels during her daily vocal exercises.

Synonyms

to round

vsto labialize

Specialized

3 9.0

Make a sound while shaping the lips into a small circle

is the same pronunciation described generally without the phonetics label

How Rounded

to labialize

Specialized

1 9.9

to round

Specialized

3 9.0

Surface Forms

labialize infinitive

labialized past

labialized past participle

labializing present participle

labializes third person singular

Morphology

labialize = labial (transparent) = labial + ize

The verb 'labialize' is transparently formed from the adjective 'labial' with the suffix '-ize', indicating the action of making something labial.

Etymology

Labialize comes from the Latin word labia meaning 'lip' and the ending -ize meaning 'to make'. So to labialize is to 'make with the lips', which means to pronounce a sound with rounded lips.