place of articulation

English

Noun

place of articulation (plural places of articulation)

(phonetics, of a consonant) The point of contact, where an obstruction occurs in the vocal tract between an active (moving) articulator (typically some part of the tongue) and a passive (stationary) articulator (typically some part of the roof of the mouth).

Synonyms

point of articulation

Translations

point of contact

Arabic: مَخْرَج m (maḵraj)
Armenian: արտաբերման տեղ (artaberman teġ)
Dutch: plaats van articulatie f, articulatiepunt (nl) n
Finnish: ääntöpaikka
French: lieu d’articulation m, point d’articulation (fr) m
German: Artikulationsort (de) m, Artikulationsstelle (de) f
Greek: τόπος άρθρωσης m (tópos árthrosis)
Polish: miejsce artykulacji n
Romanian: loc de articulare n
Spanish: punto de articulación m
Swedish: artikulationsställe (sv) n
Vietnamese: vị trí cấu âm

See also

manner of articulation

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