labializedadj.
/ˈleɪbɪəlʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈleɪbiəˌlaɪzd/ Phonetics.
Of a speech sound (now esp. a consonant): articulated with rounding or complete or partial closure of the lips as a secondary articulatory feature; that has undergone labialization.
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openeOE
sharp?1533
simple1582
small1599
soft1625
obscurea1637
round1710
slender1755
close1760
wide1824
lowered1836
narrow1844
labialized1856
orinasal1856
central1857
reduced1861
free1864
high1867
low1867
mid1867
mixed1867
rounded1867
unrounded1871
raised1876
unreduced1894
obscured1897
spread1902
lax1909
slack1909
tense1909
centralized1926
flat1934
r-coloured1935
checked1943
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [adjective] > labial
labial1590
labialized1856
bilabial1894
1856 Trans. Philol. Soc. 308 They seem to have been tempted to take a b* as the substitute for this labialized gh.
1869 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. I. i. iii. §3. 162 That (u) is almost (ə) labialized or rounded.
1876 T. Le M. Douse Grimm's Law §57. 140 The labialized K's.
1941 Amer. Speech 16 280 Forms of twin, tweezers, twist, queen, quick, quiz, and the like with a labialized stop immediately followed by a front vowel are not too common.
1956 J. Lotz in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 5/1 Abkhaz, a language of the Caucasus, uses both tongue-raising and lip-rounding in its impressive array of palatalized, labialized, and labio-palatalized consonants.
1991 Word 42 324 Gillian Story..seeks to establish phonemic representations for labialized consonants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1856