clear lnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌklɪər ˈel/us/ˌklɪr ˈel/specializeda way of saying an /l/ sound, in which air escapes past the sides of the tongue:
A clear l usually only occurs before vowels.
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- bilabial
- clipped
- coalescence
- consonant
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- phonemic
- pronounce
- silent letter
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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