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labialize verb[ T or I ] phonetics specialized (UK usuallylabialise)uk /ˈleɪ.bi.əl.aɪz/ us /ˈleɪ.bi.əl.aɪz/ to pronounce a sound or sounds using the lips: This type of consonant is never labialised. Speakers of standard RP English commonly labialize /r/ if the following vowel has some lip-rounding. The vocalized variant has the sound of a back vowel [u] and may or may not be rounded or labialised. There are no clusters in Cantonese - \\kw\\ and \\kwh\\ are analysed as labialised velars. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Linguistics: phonology & phonetics accommodation alliterative alveolar apheresis aphesis assonance diphthong homonym intrusive labial labiodental lateral postconsonantal retroflex retroflexion rhotic rhyme the International Phonetic Alphabet unpronounceable unrepeatable |