medeklinker

Definitions of medeklinker
  1. noun
    a speech sound that is not a vowel
    synonyms: consonant
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    antonyms:
    klinker, vocaal
    a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
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    alveolair
    a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
    labiaal, lipklank, lipmedeklinker
    a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips
    nasaal, neusklank
    a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed
    gutturaal, keelklank
    a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
    bilabiaal
    a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/
    type of:
    klank, spraakklank
    (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
  2. noun
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
    synonyms: consonant
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    type of:
    letter, letterteken
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
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