bialveolar

From bi- (“two-”, prefix) +‎ alveolar (adjective).

• enPR: bī′ăl-vē′ə-lər
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): (contemporary) /ˌbaɪ̯.alˈviː.ə.lə/, (conservative) /ˌbaɪ̯.ælˈviː.ə.lə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪ̯.ælˈvi.ə.ləɹ/

  (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌbʌɪ̯.ælˈvi.ə.ləɹ/

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌbɑe̯.ælˈviː.ə.lə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪ̯.ɛlˈviː.ə.lə/, /ˌbaɪ̯.ɛlˈviː.ə.lɐ/, /ˌbaɪ̯.ɛlˈviː.ə.la/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪ̯.alˈvi.ə.ləɹ/, /ˌbʌi̯.alˈvi.ə.ləɹ/, /ˌbəi̯.alˈvi.ə.ləɹ/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌbaj.alˈviː.o.ləʳ/

• Rhymes: -iːələ(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: bi‧al‧ve‧o‧lar

bialveolar (not comparable)

1. (relational) Relating to the two sides of the alveolar processes.

   bialveolar breadth ― the distance between the outer sides of the alveolar processes

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bialveolar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “[Supplement bialveolar, n.]”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.