different between alveolar vs homorganic

English

Etymology

From alveolus +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /al.?vi?.?l.?/, /?al.vi???.l?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æl?vi.?l.?/, /æl?vi.l?/
• Rhymes: -i??l?(?), -??l?(?)

Adjective

alveolar (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
2. (anatomy, relational) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
   1. (phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.
3. (anatomy, relational) Relating to the glands with secretory cells about a central space.

Derived terms

Related terms

• alveolary

Translations

Noun

alveolar (plural alveolars)

1. (phonetics) An alveolar consonant.

   Synonym: (obsolete) gingival

Translations

References

• “alveolar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “alveolar”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Danish

Noun

alveolar c (singular definite alveolaren, plural indefinite alveolarer)

1. (phonetics) alveolar

Declension

German

Etymology

Adjective form of Alveole (“alveolus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alveo?la???]
• Rhymes: -a???
• Hyphenation: al?ve?o?lar

Adjective

alveolar (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) alveolar

Declension

Derived terms

• Alveolar

Further reading

• “alveolar” in Duden online

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

alveolar m

1. indefinite plural of alveol

Portuguese

Adjective

alveolar m or f (plural alveolares, comparable)

1. (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the alveoli of the lungs)
2. (anatomy) alveolar (relating to the jaw ridge)
3. (phonetics, of a phoneme) alveolar (produced on the jaw ridge)

Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)

1. (phonetics) alveolar (a consonant produced on the jaw ridge)

Romanian

Etymology

From French alvéolaire

Adjective

alveolar m or n (feminine singular alveolar?, masculine plural alveolari, feminine and neuter plural alveolare)

1. alveolar

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al?e?la?r/
• Hyphenation: al?ve?o?lar

Noun

alveòl?r m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. an alveolar

   Synonym: dèsn?k

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From alvéolo +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /albeo?la?/, [al.??e.o?la?]

Adjective

alveolar (plural alveolares)

1. alveolar

Noun

alveolar f (plural alveolares)

1. alveolar

Further reading

• “alveolar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From homo- +? organic

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?m????æn?k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?m????æn?k/
• Hyphenation: ho?mor?gan?ic

Adjective

homorganic (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) Of consonants: having the same place of articulation. For example, labial m, b, p, alveolar n, d, t, velar ?, g, k. Indic alphabets such as Devanagari, as well as the Korean hangul alphabet, are rationally arranged so that homorganic consonants are grouped together.

   Synonym: (rare) homotopic

   Antonym: heterorganic

2. (medicine) produced by the same or homologous organs

Translations

Noun

homorganic (plural homorganics)

1. (phonetics) A consonant having the same place of articulation as another.