retroflex en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɛt.ɹə.flɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɹɛt.ɹə.flɛks/ (General-American)
- /ˈɹɛt.ɹoʊ.flɛks/ (General-American)
- /ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ.flɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
From Latin rētrōflexus, the perfect participle of rētrōflectō (“bend, turn”), from flectō (“bend, turn”).
Meanings
- Bent or curved backwards.
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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.
In the case of the Wubuy alveolar versus retroflex contrast for instance, we argue that the phonetic overlap is so great that native listeners can behave as if this were an instance of a good and a 'less good' instance of a single category (CG).
2015 December 4, “Discrimination of Multiple Coronal Stop Contrasts in Wubuy (Australia): A Natural Referent Consonant Account”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Near-synonyms: subapical, palatal
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Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
Near-synonyms: apical, postalveolar
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Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
Near-synonyms: laminal, postalveolar
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(qualifier:general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
Near-synonym: rhotic
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most retroflex | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more retroflex | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Relateds
retroflexion · retroflexive · retroflexively · retroflexed
Synonyms
cerebral · retroflexed · reflexed · reflected · rhotic · retroflexive · palatal · subapical · cacuminal · postalveolar · postalveolar · laminal · apical
Translations (38)
nl retroflex (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · bg извит назад (bent backwards) · gv cooyl-chroymmit (bent backwards) · nb laminal postalveolar (of pronunciation in which the tongue blade approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge) · de apiko-postalveolar (of pronunciation in which the tongue tip approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge) · sv retroflex (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · pt retroflexo (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · nb retrofleks (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · pl z retrofleksją (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · pt retroflexo (bent backwards) · pl laminalny postalweolarny (of pronunciation in which the tongue blade approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge) · pl subapikalno-prepalatalny (of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate) · gv cooyl-chroymmit (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · nb sub-apikal prepalatal (of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate) · ru ретрофле́ксный (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · cy olblyg (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · nb apikal postalveolar (of pronunciation in which the tongue tip approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge) · pl lamino-postalweolarny (of pronunciation in which the tongue blade approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge) · ga aislúbtha (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · pl subapikalny palatalny (of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate) · nb sub-apikal palatal (of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate) · pl retrofleksyjny (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · fi taaksepäin taipunut (bent backwards) · pl apikalno-postalweolarny (of pronunciation in which the tongue tip approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge) · pl subapikalno-palatalny (of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate) · pa ٹَوَرْگ (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · fi retrofleksinen (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · pa ਟਵਰਗ (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · pl apikalny postalweolarny (of pronunciation in which the tongue tip approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge) · pl subapikalny prepalatalny (of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate) · pl laminalny zadziąsłowy (of pronunciation in which the tongue blade approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge) · pl apikalny zadziąsłowy (of pronunciation in which the tongue tip approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge) · el ανάστροφο (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · de lamino-postalveolar (of pronunciation in which the tongue blade approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge) · de subapiko-palatal (of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate) · de retroflex (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · fr rétroflexe (of any of the retroflex pronunciations) · ar مُرْتَدّ (bent backwards)