# bilabial
## English
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ labial.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baɪˈleɪ.bi.əl/
* Rhymes: -eɪbiəl
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

bilabial (not comparable)
* (phonetics) Articulated with both lips.
** 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 545:"Oh, yes. He talks a lot about phonemes and semantemes and bilabial fricatives. He has a van with recording apparatus in it. He's a good chap."

#### Derived terms

* bilabially
* nonbilabial
* prebilabial

#### Related terms

* labialized
* labiodental

#### Translations
### Noun

bilabial (plural bilabials)
* (phonetics) A speech sound articulated with both lips.

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ labial.

### Adjective

bilabial m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilabials)
* (phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)

### Noun

bilabial f (plural bilabials)
* (phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)

### Further reading

* “bilabial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “bilabial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “bilabial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “bilabial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ labial.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

bilabial (feminine bilabiale, masculine plural bilabiaux, feminine plural bilabiales)
* bilabial

## Galician
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ labial.

### Adjective

bilabial m or f (plural bilabiais)
* (phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)

### Noun

bilabial f (plural bilabiais)
* (phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)

### Further reading

* “bilabial”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

bilabial (strong nominative masculine singular bilabialer, not comparable)
* bilabial

#### Declension
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ labial.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /bi.la.biˈaw/ [bi.la.bɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /bi.laˈbjaw/ [bi.laˈbjaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /bi.lɐˈbjal/ [bi.lɐˈβjaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /bi.lɐˈbjal/ [bi.lɐˈβjaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /bi.lɐˈbja.li/ [bi.lɐˈβja.li]
* Hyphenation: bi‧la‧bi‧al

### Adjective

bilabial m or f (plural bilabiais)
* (phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)

#### Derived terms

* bilabialmente

### Noun

bilabial f (plural bilabiais)
* (phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)

### Further reading

* “bilabial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bilabial.

### Adjective

bilabial m or n (feminine singular bilabială, masculine plural bilabiali, feminine and neuter plural bilabiale)
* bilabial

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From bi- +‎ labial.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bilaˈbjal/ [bi.laˈβ̞jal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: bi‧la‧bial

### Adjective

bilabial m or f (masculine and feminine plural bilabiales)
* (phonetics) bilabial (articulated with both lips)

### Noun

bilabial f (plural bilabiales)
* (phonetics) bilabial (a sound articulated with both lips)

### Further reading

* “bilabial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10