coarticulate
See also: co-articulate
English
Etymology
co- + articulate
Verb
coarticulate (third-person singular simple present coarticulates, present participle coarticulating, simple past and past participle coarticulated)
- To articulate two things simultaneously.
- (anatomy) To unite to form an articulation (joint)
- (phonology) To assimilate the place of articulation of one speech sound to that of an adjacent speech sound.
- (phonetics) To articulate a speech sound at two different places of articulation simultaneously, as in the labiovelar approximant [w].
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