noun
- plural of coronal; speech sounds produced with the tip or blade of the tongue touching or approaching the teeth, alveolar ridge, or hard palate
Usage: linguistics; phonetics
Examples
- The linguist studied how coronals are produced in different languages.
- English has many coronals, including /t/, /d/, /s/, and /z/.
- Children often have difficulty pronouncing certain coronals correctly.
- The phonetics class focused on distinguishing coronals from other consonant types.
- Coronals are among the most common sounds across world languages.