# alveolar
## English
### Etymology

From alveolus +‎ -ar = alveol- +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /alˈviː.əl.ə/, /ˌal.viˈəʊ.lə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ælˈvi.əl.ɚ/, /ælˈvi.lɚ/
* Rhymes: -iːələ(ɹ), -əʊlə(ɹ)

### Adjective

alveolar (not comparable)
* (anatomy, relational) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
* (anatomy, relational) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
* (phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.
* (anatomy, relational) Relating to the glands with secretory cells about a central space.

#### Derived terms

* alveolar artery
* alveolar bed
* alveolar bone
* alveolar dead space
* alveolarisation
* alveolarization
* alveolarize
* alveolarly
* alveolar nerve
* alveolar process
* alveolar ridge
* apicoalveolar
* apico-alveolar
* basialveolar
* bronchioalveolar
* bronchioloalveolar
* bronchoalveolar
* dentialveolar
* dentoalveolar
* inferior alveolar artery
* inferior alveolar nerve
* interalveolar
* intraalveolar
* labioalveolar
* lobuloalveolar
* microalveolar
* monoalveolar
* nasoalveolar
* nonalveolar
* palatoalveolar, palato-alveolar
* parietoalveolar
* perialveolar
* postalveolar, post-alveolar
* posterior superior alveolar artery
* retroalveolar
* subalveolar
* transalveolar
* tubuloalveolar
* zygomaticoalveolar

#### Related terms

* alveolary

#### Translations
### Noun

alveolar (plural alveolars)
* (phonetics) An alveolar consonant.
    Synonym: (obsolete) gingival

#### Translations
### References

* “alveolar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “alveolar”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

## Danish
### Noun

alveolar c (singular definite alveolaren, plural indefinite alveolarer)
* (phonetics) alveolar

#### Declension
## German
### Etymology

Adjective form of Alveole (“alveolus”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

alveolar (strong nominative masculine singular alveolarer, not comparable)
* (phonetics) alveolar

#### Derived terms

* Alveolar

### Further reading

* “alveolar” in Duden online
* “alveolar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

alveolar m
* indefinite plural of alveol

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aw.ve.oˈlaʁ/ [aʊ̯.ve.oˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aw.ve.oˈlaʁ/ [aʊ̯.ve.oˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aw.ve.oˈlaɾ/ [aʊ̯.ve.oˈlaɾ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aw.ve.oˈlaʁ/ [aʊ̯.ve.oˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aw.ve.oˈlaɻ/ [aʊ̯.ve.oˈlaɻ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /al.vɛ.uˈlaɾ/ [aɫ.vɛ.uˈlaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /al.vɛ.uˈlaɾ/ [aɫ.vɛ.uˈlaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /al.bɛ.uˈlaɾ/ [aɫ.βɛ.uˈlaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /al.vɛ.uˈla.ɾi/ [aɫ.vɛ.uˈla.ɾi]

### Adjective

alveolar m or f (plural alveolares)
* (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the alveoli of the lungs)
* (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the jaw ridge)
* (phonetics, of a phoneme) alveolar (produced on the jaw ridge)

### Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)
* (phonetics) alveolar (a consonant produced on the jaw ridge)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French alvéolaire.

### Adjective

alveolar m or n (feminine singular alveolară, masculine plural alveolari, feminine and neuter plural alveolare)
* alveolar

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alʋeǒlaːr/
* Hyphenation: al‧ve‧o‧lar

### Noun

alveòlār m (Cyrillic spelling алвео̀ла̄р)
* an alveolar
    Synonym: dèsnīk

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

From alvéolo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /albeoˈlaɾ/ [al.β̞e.oˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: al‧ve‧o‧lar

### Adjective

alveolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural alveolares)
* alveolar

### Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)
* alveolar

### Further reading

* “alveolar”, 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