Como Pronunciar "dentals"

word

DEN-tuhlz

Definição

Sounds in speech that are produced with the tongue touching the teeth, like the English 'th' in 'think' or 'this'. In linguistics, 'dentals' refers to these specific types of speech sounds.

Transcrição IPA

Inglês Americano

ˈdɛnəɫz/, /ˈdɛntəɫz

Inglês Britânico

dˈɛntəl

Pronúncia Simplificada

EUA

DEN-tuhlz

Ouça em Contexto

In English, 'th' in 'think' and 'this' are dentals.

Some languages have many dentals, while others have few.

Linguists study dentals to understand language differences.

Spanish doesn’t use as many dentals as English, which surprises some learners.