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Definitions: Bilabial |
BilabialAdjective1. Of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips; "bilabial fricatives". Noun1. A consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Bilabial |
| Non-English Usage: "Bilabial" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (bilabial), French (bilabial), German (bilabial), Indonesian (bilabial), Portuguese (bilabial), Spanish (bilabial), Swedish (bilabial). |
| "Bilabial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bilabial" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "bilabial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bilabial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | двубърнест (bilabiate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bilabiální, obouretný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | دولبه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bilabial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bilabial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διχειλικόσ φθόγγοσ, διχειλικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bilabiális. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | bilabial, suara bibir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | daa-veillagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilabialbay bilabial. (various references) билабиальный. (various references) bilabijalni. (various references) bilabial. (various references) bilabial. (various references) เสียงที่เกิ"จากการใช้ริมฝีปากทั้งสอง. (various references) çiftdudaksıl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "bilabial": bilabials. (additional references) | |
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"Bilabial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bilalian, Bilboa, Bilbohall, Birabeau, bulabula. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-i-i-l-l" | |
-2 letters: labial, liblab. | |
-3 letters: aalii, alibi, biali, ilial, labia. | |
-4 letters: abba, alba, baal, baba, bail, ball, bill, blab, ilia. | |
-5 letters: aal, aba, ail, ala, alb, all, baa, bal, bib, ill, lab, lib. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-i-i-l-l" | |
+1 letter: bilabials. | |
+4 letters: bioavailable, rabbinically. | |
+5 letters: antibillboard, bouillabaisse. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 6C 61 62 69 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. .-.. .- -... .. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01101100 01100001 01100010 01101001 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i l a b i a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 006C 0061 0062 0069 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3675786768756778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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