alveolare

Borrowed from Latin alveolus, a diminutive of alveus (“a tray, trough, basin”), from alvus (“the belly, the stomach, bowels, womb, etc.”).

alveolare

1. The lowest point on the septum between the central incisors of the upper jaw.
   • 1980, York Archaeological Trust, The Archaeology of York, page 21:

     Additional skull measurements, taken with small sliding calipers, were from zygomaxillare, the lowest point on the zygomatic-maxillary suture, to the points of alveolare, basion and nasion.

   • 1983, R. E. Herron, Biostereometrics '82: August 24-27, 1982, San Diego, California, page 335:

     This growth has the net effect of displacing the midfacial orbital bloc posterosuperiorly relative to the alveolare-spenoccipital axis.

   • 1988, D. Gentry Steele, Claud A. Bramblett, The Anatomy and Biology of the Human Skeleton, page 68:

     This point is slightly superior to the alveolare.

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• Rhymes: -aːʁə

alveolare

1. inflection of alveolar:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

From alveolo (“alveolus”) +‎ -are (adjective-forming suffix), from Latin alveolus (“small cavity”), derived from alveus (“hollow, cavity”), from alvus (“belly, womb”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).

• IPA^(key): /al.ve.oˈla.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: al‧ve‧o‧là‧re

alveolare (plural alveolari)

1. (anatomy, botany) alveolar, alveolate
2. (phonetics) alveolar (articulated with the tongue against the upper alveolar ridge)

alveolare f (plural alveolari)

1. an alveolar speech sound

• alveolo-palatale
• postalveolare
• palatoalveolare

• alveolo