retroflex

Meaning of retroflex

noun
  1. A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
  2. A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
  3. A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
  4. (phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants.
adjective
  1. Bent or curved backwards.
  2. 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.
  3. Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
  4. Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
  5. (phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.

Information about retroflex

  • The plural form of retroflex is: retroflexes.
  • Languages ​​in which retroflex is used:

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Hyphenation of retroflex

retroflex

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
  • retroflex is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

retroflex synonyms

Meaning retroflexed:

retroflexed

Meaning cacuminal:

cacuminal

Meaning replicate:

replicate

Meaning :

reflexed, flat, laminal, postalveolar, apical, palatal, subapical

Words that rhyme with retroflex

flex, Aflex, Dentaflex, DynaFlex, Hemaflex, Paraflex, Zanaflex, pendaflex, AngeFlex, Keflex, Preflex, Reflex, baroreflex, chemoreflex, deflex, excitoreflex, idioreflex, keflex, multireflex, psychoreflex, reflex, semireflex, vasoreflex, Ethiflex, biflex, dorsiflex, semiflex, Delflex, Salflex, circumflex, inflex, AnnuloFlex, Bioflex, CarboFlex, Chiroflex, EcoFlex, Iodoflex, Leucoflex, Phacoflex, Soflex, cycloflex, introflex, Norflex, DressFlex, Docuflex, genuflex, Babyflex, Dyflex, Polyflex

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