noun
- the process of making a speech sound with rounded lips or the addition of lip rounding to a sound
Usage: linguistics; phonetics
Examples
- The labialization of the consonant changed the word’s pronunciation.
- Students studied labialization as part of their phonetics course.
- The linguist noted the labialization present in certain vowel sounds.
- Labialization occurs when speakers round their lips during articulation.
- The dialect showed evidence of historical labialization processes.
- Researchers documented labialization patterns across different languages.