labialize
verbEtymology labial (from Latin labium (“lip”)) + -ize (“causative suffix”)
1
To round, make (a sound, notably a consonant) labial.
- Antonyms
- delabialize, palatalize
- Derived terms
- labializable, labialization, nonlabialized, unlabialized
- Related terms
- labiate, labiodental, labiovelar