dark lnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌdɑːk ˈel/us/ˌdɑːrk ˈel/specializeda way of saying an /l/ sound, in which the back of the tongue is raised slightly:
Dark l typically occurs before a consonant, as in "help".
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- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- bilabial
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- phonemic
- pronounce
- silent letter
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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