retroflex
a . 反曲的;翻转的
反曲的;翻转的
retroflex adj 1 :
bent or curved backward [
synonym : {
retroflex }, {
retroflexed }]
2 :
pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate [
synonym : {
cacuminal }, {
retroflex }]
v 1 :
bend or turn backward [
synonym : {
retroflex }, {
replicate }]
2 :
articulate (
a consonant )
with the tongue curled back against the palate ; "
Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants "
Retroflex \
Re "
tro *
flex \,
Retroflexed \
Re "
tro *
flexed \,
a . [
Pref .
retro -
L .
flectere ,
flexum ,
to bend ,
to turn .]
Reflexed ;
bent or turned abruptly backward .
[
1913 Webster ]
175 Moby Thesaurus words for "
retroflex ":
accented ,
allophone ,
alveolar ,
apical ,
apico -
alveolar ,
apico -
dental ,
arch ,
articulated ,
articulation ,
aspiration ,
assimilated ,
assimilation ,
back ,
backslide ,
barytone ,
bend ,
bend back ,
bilabial ,
bow ,
broad ,
cacuminal ,
central ,
cerebral ,
check ,
checked ,
close ,
cock ,
consonant ,
consonantal ,
continuant ,
crook ,
curl ,
curve ,
decurve ,
deflect ,
dental ,
diphthong ,
dissimilated ,
dissimilation ,
dome ,
dorsal ,
embow ,
epenthetic vowel ,
explosive ,
fall astern ,
fall behind ,
flat ,
flex ,
front ,
get behind ,
glide ,
glossal ,
glottal ,
glottalization ,
go backwards ,
go behind ,
guttural ,
hard ,
heavy ,
high ,
hook ,
hump ,
hunch ,
incurvate ,
incurve ,
inflect ,
intonated ,
jerk back ,
labial ,
labialization ,
labiodental ,
labiovelar ,
lapse ,
laryngeal ,
lateral ,
lax ,
light ,
lingual ,
liquid ,
loop ,
lose ground ,
low ,
manner of articulation ,
mid ,
modification ,
monophthong ,
monophthongal ,
morphophoneme ,
mute ,
muted ,
narrow ,
nasal ,
nasalized ,
occlusive ,
open ,
oxytone ,
palatal ,
palatalized ,
parasitic vowel ,
peak ,
pharyngeal ,
pharyngealization ,
pharyngealized ,
phone ,
phoneme ,
phonemic ,
phonetic ,
phonic ,
pitch ,
pitched ,
plosive ,
posttonic ,
prothetic vowel ,
pull back ,
recede ,
recidivate ,
recurve ,
reflect ,
reflex ,
regress ,
relapse ,
retrocede ,
retrograde ,
retrogress ,
return ,
revert ,
round ,
rounded ,
sag ,
segmental phoneme ,
semivowel ,
slip back ,
soft ,
sonant ,
sonority ,
speech sound ,
stop ,
stopped ,
stressed ,
strong ,
surd ,
swag ,
sweep ,
syllabic ,
syllabic nucleus ,
syllabic peak ,
syllable ,
tense ,
thick ,
throaty ,
tonal ,
tonic ,
transition sound ,
triphthong ,
turn ,
twangy ,
unaccented ,
unrounded ,
unstressed ,
vault ,
velar ,
vocable ,
vocalic ,
vocoid ,
voice ,
voiced ,
voiced sound ,
voiceless ,
voiceless sound ,
voicing ,
vowel ,
vowellike ,
weak ,
wide ,
wind
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