側そく面めん音おん

noun

lateral (sound)

Technical term in phonetics for a consonant produced with airflow along the sides of the tongue, such as Japanese ら行 sounds or English /l/.

• 日本にほん語ごの「ら」行ぎょうの子し音いんは側そく面めん音おんに分ぶん類るいされることがある。

  The consonant in the Japanese 'ra' row is sometimes classified as a lateral.

• 英えい語ごのエルの音おとは代だい表ひょう的てきな側そく面めん音おんだ。

  The English l sound is a typical lateral sound.