place of articulation

English

Noun

place of articulation (plural places of articulation)

1. (phonetics, of a consonant) The point of contact, where an obstruction occurs in the vocal tract between an active (moving) articulator (typically some part of the tongue) and a passive (stationary) articulator (typically some part of the roof of the mouth).

Synonyms

• point of articulation

Translations

point of contact

• Arabic: مَخْرَج m (maḵraj)
• Armenian: արտաբերման տեղ (artaberman teġ)
• Dutch: plaats van articulatie f, articulatiepunt (nl) n
• Finnish: ääntöpaikka
• French: lieu d’articulation m, point d’articulation (fr) m
• German: Artikulationsort (de) m, Artikulationsstelle (de) f
• Greek: τόπος άρθρωσης m (tópos árthrosis)
• Polish: miejsce artykulacji n
• Romanian: loc de articulare n
• Spanish: punto de articulación m
• Swedish: artikulationsställe (sv) n
• Vietnamese: vị trí cấu âm

See also

• manner of articulation