retroflex
/หษนษt.ษนoส.flษks/IPA: /R EH1 T R OW0 F L EH0 K S/
- 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.
- 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.
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