verb
- to convert (a sound) into a dental consonant; to pronounce with the tongue against the teeth
Usage: British spelling (American: dentalizes); linguistics/phonetics term; third-person singular present tense
Examples
- The linguist dentalises the alveolar stop in her analysis of the dialect.
- When speakers dentalise their consonants, the articulation moves forward to the teeth.
- Some languages dentalise certain sounds in specific phonetic contexts.