retroflex
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ.flɛks/
The English word “retroflex” has 10 meanings listed here.
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.
- Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
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.
- Any of the aforementioned consonants.
verb
Etymology
From Latin rētrōflexus, the perfect participle of rētrōflectō (“bend, turn”), from flectō (“bend, turn”).
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