retroflex
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
Etymology: From Latin rētrōflexus, the perfect participle of rētrōflectō (“bend, turn”), from flectō (“bend, turn”).
Inflected forms:
form: more retroflex
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most retroflex
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: retroflexes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: retroflexes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: retroflexing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: retroflexed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: retroflexed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Bent or curved backwards.
pos: adj
gloss: 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.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonyms: subapical, palatal
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).
gloss: Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonyms: apical, postalveolar
gloss: Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonyms: laminal, postalveolar
gloss: Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: rhotic
gloss: A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
pos: noun
gloss: A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
pos: noun
gloss: A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of the aforementioned consonants.
pos: noun
gloss: To bend or curve backwards.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: […] retroflexing the endoscope tip and mechanically rotating the transducer.
Related words: retroflexed
retroflexion
retroflexive
retroflexively
Derived words: nonretroflex
retroflex hook
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مُرْتَدّ
roman: murtadd
lang: Bulgarian
word: извит назад
roman: izvit nazad
lang: Finnish
word: taaksepäin taipunut
lang: Manx
word: cooyl-chroymmit
lang: Portuguese
word: retroflexo
lang: German
word: subapiko-palatal
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sub-apikal prepalatal
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sub-apikal palatal
lang: Polish
word: subapikalno-prepalatalny
lang: Polish
word: subapikalny prepalatalny
lang: Polish
word: subapikalno-palatalny
lang: Polish
word: subapikalny palatalny
lang: German
word: apiko-postalveolar
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: apikal postalveolar
lang: Polish
word: apikalny zadziąsłowy
lang: Polish
word: apikalny postalweolarny
lang: Polish
word: apikalno-postalweolarny
lang: German
word: lamino-postalveolar
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: laminal postalveolar
lang: Polish
word: laminalny zadziąsłowy
lang: Polish
word: laminalny postalweolarny
lang: Polish
word: lamino-postalweolarny
lang: Polish
word: spółgłoska subapikalno-prepalatalna
lang: Polish
word: spółgłoska subapikalna prepalatalna
lang: Polish
word: spółgłoska subapikalno-palatalna
lang: Polish
word: spółgłoska subapikalna palatalna
lang: Polish
word: spółgłoska apikalna zadziąsłowa
lang: Polish
word: spółgłoska apikalna postalweolarna
lang: Polish
word: spółgłoska apikalno-postalweolarna
lang: Polish
word: spółgłoska laminalna zadziąsłowa
lang: Polish
word: spółgłoska laminalna postalweolarna
lang: Polish
word: spółgłoska lamino-postalweolarna