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Webster 1828 Edition
Retroflex
RET'ROFLEX
,Adj.
In botany, bent this way and that, or in different directions, usually in a distorted manner; as a retroflex branch.
Definition 2025
retroflex
retroflex
English
Adjective
retroflex (comparative more retroflex, superlative most retroflex)
- Bent or curved backwards.
- (phonetics) 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.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
Synonyms
- (bent backwards): reflexed
- (of pronunciation with the underside of the tongue): subapical palatal
- (of pronunciation with the tip of the tongue): apical postalveolar
Related terms
Translations
bent backwards
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of pronunciation in which the underside of the tongue approaches/touches the palate
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of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge
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of any of the retroflex pronunciations
Noun
retroflex (plural retroflexes)
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
- (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants.
Translations
consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching/touching the palate
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consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching/touching the back of the alveolar ridge
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any of the retroflex consonants
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See also
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Retroflex consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia