Alveolar (Noun)
Meaning
A consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The English language has several alveolar consonants, including the voiceless alveolar stop and the voiced alveolar stop.
- In phonetics, the alveolar ridge is a significant landmark for articulating various alveolar sounds.
- The voiceless alveolar fricative is a common sound found in many languages around the world.
- Linguists classify the "s" sound in the word "bus" as an alveolar consonant because of its tongue position.
- In the pronunciation of some dialects of Spanish, the "z" is pronounced as an alveolar affricate.