alveolar
- noun
- /ælˈviːələr/
- Specialized
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consonante alveolar
- During the speech therapy session, the therapist focused on helping the child pronounce the alveolar sounds clearly.
Examples
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In the word 'cat', the sound t is an alveolar consonant because it is produced with the tongue against the alveolar ridge.
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The present study demonstrates a change in the alveolar to arterial difference in pregnancy and suggests that the shunt during pregnancy increases.
Academic text (2007) -
So S&Z&T&D are all alveolar, but S&T are voiceless and Z&D are voiced.
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The primary purpose of the present study was to determine maxillary arch dimensions of children with repaired CLP who exhibited middorsum palatal stops for alveolar /t/ targets.
Academic text (2012) -
For the words took, cat, and dog, we would expect functionally independent movements (negative covariance) between tongue regions T1 and T4 for movement from the alveolar to velar positions and vice versa.
Academic text (2012) -
The sounds t and d are examples of alveolar consonants, produced by placing the tongue against the alveolar ridge.
Synonyms
A speech sound made by touching the tongue to the ridge just behind the top front teeth
Compounds
- Specialized
The part of the lung with many tiny air sacs where gases pass into the blood
- Specialized
A speech sound made by touching the tongue to the ridge just behind the top front teeth
- Specialized
The part of the jawbone that holds the tooth sockets and supports teeth
- Specialized
A point at the front middle of the upper jaw that people use as a reference for head measurements
- Specialized
Enlargement of the tiny air sacs in the lungs that makes breathing harder
- Specialized
Loss of the bone around the tooth sockets after tooth loss or disease
- Specialized
A rare cancer of muscle that affects teenagers and young adults and forms small groups of tumor cells
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A rare muscle cancer that grows quickly and often affects teenagers and young adults
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A blood vessel that runs through the lower jaw and carries blood to the lower teeth
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A consonant sound made with the tongue just behind the top front teeth, like the 'sh' in shoe
How Back
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alveolar comes from the Latin word alveolus, which means 'small hollow'. So, an alveolar sound is one made when the tongue touches the ridge just behind the front teeth.