"place of articulation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: places of articulation [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|places of articulation}} place of articulation (plural places of articulation)
  1. (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, POA Coordinate_terms: manner of articulation Translations (point of contact): مَخْرَج (maḵraj) [masculine] (Arabic), արտաբերման տեղ (artaberman teġ) (Armenian), plaats van articulatie [feminine] (Dutch), articulatiepunt [neuter] (Dutch), ääntöpaikka (Finnish), lieu d'articulation [masculine] (French), point d'articulation [masculine] (French), Artikulationsort [masculine] (German), Artikulationsstelle [feminine] (German), τόπος άρθρωσης (tópos árthrosis) [masculine] (Greek), hangképzés helye (Hungarian), daerah artikulasi (Indonesian), miejsce artykulacji [neuter] (Polish), loc de articulare [neuter] (Romanian), место образования согласных (mesto obrazovanija soglasnyx) (Russian), lugar de articulación [masculine] (Spanish), artikulationsställe [neuter] (Swedish), vị trí cấu âm (Vietnamese)

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