noun
Meaning 1
One who, or that which, articulates or expresses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
articulator
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noun
Meaning 2
One who articulates bones and mounts skeletons.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed, reproducing recorded positions of the mandible in relation to the maxilla.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
Any organ in the vocal tract used to articulate, produce speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: speech organ
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noun
Meaning 5
a movable speech organ
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: speech organ, vocal organ, organ of speech
Narrower terms: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl, tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper, lip
noun
Meaning 6
someone who pronounces words
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: communicator
Narrower terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser, subvocalizer, subvocaliser
History
Etymology
From articulate + -or.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: esittäjä — one who, or that which, articulates or expresses
- Portuguese: articulador — one who, or that which, articulates or expresses
- Finnish: artikulaattori — dentistry: mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed
- Finnish: puhe-elin — phonetics: any organ in the vocal tract used to produce speech