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
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.