retroflex

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/ˈɹɛt.ɹə.flɛks/ English

Definitions

noun

A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
(phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants.

adjective

Bent or curved backwards.
Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate.
Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.

Related words

Synonyms

reflexed flat laminal postalveolar apical palatal subapical backward cacuminal approximant retroflexive retroverted retrorsal retrolateral anteflexed retroclivous inbent retracted

Associated

affricate sibilant fricative plosive alveolar trill bilabial allophone consonants flap

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