retroflex

/หˆษนษ›t.ษนoสŠ.flษ›ks/

IPA: /R EH1 T R OW0 F L EH0 K S/

noun
  1. 1

    A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.

  2. 2

    A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

  3. 3

    A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

  4. 4

    (phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants.

adjective
  1. 1

    Bent or curved backwards.

  2. 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. 3

    Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.

  4. 4

    Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.

  5. 5

    (phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/retroflex