verb
- present participle of dentalise; converting a sound or articulation to a dental consonant, or relating to the process of making something dental in nature
Usage: chiefly British spelling (American: dentalizing); linguistics/phonetics term; rare in general usage
Examples
- The linguist is dentalising the alveolar consonant in her analysis of the dialect.
- Dentalising certain sounds can change the phonetic quality of speech.
- The process of dentalising involves moving the point of articulation forward to the teeth.