Definition of Retroflex in English :

Define Retroflex in English

Retroflex meaning in English

Meaning of Retroflex in English

Pronunciation of Retroflex in English

Retroflex pronunciation in English

Pronounce Retroflex in English

Retroflex

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Verb

1. replicate, retroflex

bend or turn backward

2. retroflex

articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate

Example Sentences:
'Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants'

Adjective

3. retroflex, retroflexed

bent or curved backward

4. cacuminal, retroflex

pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Retroflex

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adjective
1. 
bent or curved backwards
2. phonetics
of, relating to, or involving retroflexion

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Retroflex

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adjective
1. 
bent or turned backward
2.  Phonetics
articulated with the tip of the tongue raised and bent slightly backward toward the hard palate
: Also ˈretroˌflexed
noun
3.  Phonetics
a retroflex sound

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Retroflex

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adj. also ret·ro·flexed (-flĕkst)
1. Bent, curved, or turned backward.
2. Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back against the roof of the mouth.
n.
A sound pronounced with the tongue in retroflex position, as the sound (r) in some varieties of English.

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