Associations to the word «Retroflex»
Noun
- Consonant
- Articulation
- Flap
- Vowel
- Click
- Dialect
- Initial
- Glide
- Sanskrit
- Distinction
- Tongue
- Contrast
- Stop
- Symbol
- Language
- Variant
- Tip
- Sound
- Phoneme
- Speaker
- Letter
- Feature
- Phonology
- Or
- Rn
- Mandarin
- Palate
- Rt
- Pronunciation
- Example
- Aspiration
- Alphabet
- Ng
- Kung
- Hindi
- Table
- Javanese
- Syllable
- Malayalam
- Tap
- Word
- Middle
- Iranian
- Hook
- Type
- Realization
- Dot
- Kannada
- Tal
- Aboriginal
- Accent
- Counterpart
- Suffix
- Spelling
- Lan
- Shift
- Transcription
- Script
- Inventory
- Cluster
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
RETROFLEX, adjective. Bent or curved backwards.
RETROFLEX, adjective. (phonetics): Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue is behind the alveolar ridge or touches the palate.
RETROFLEX, noun. (linguistics) a retroflex consonant
Dictionary definition
RETROFLEX, verb. Bend or turn backward.
RETROFLEX, verb. 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, adjective. Bent or curved backward.
RETROFLEX, adjective. Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.