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interdental

Syllabification: (in·ter·den·tal)
Pronunciation: /ˌintərˈdentl/

Definition of interdental

adjective

  • situated or placed between the teeth.
  • Phonetics (of a consonant) pronounced by placing the tip of the tongue between the teeth, such as the “th” sounds in the English words “thaw” and “though.”.

noun

Phonetics
  • an interdental consonant.

Derivatives

interdentally

adverb

interdental in other Oxford dictionaries

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