labialism

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(lābē ə liz′əm)


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la•bi•al•ism  (lābē ə liz′əm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Phoneticsa tendency, sometimes habitual, to make sounds labial, as in pronouncing the l in love as a w- like sound.
  • labial + -ism 1880–85

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