retroflex

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - verb

1. bend or turn backward
• Syn:
replicate
• Derivationally related forms:
retroflection, retroflexion
• Hypernyms:
bend, flex
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate
- Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants
• Derivationally related forms:
retroflexion
• Hypernyms:
pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something

II - adjective

1. bent or curved backward
• Syn:
retroflexed
• Similar to:
backward
2. pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
• Syn:
cacuminal
• Similar to:
backward
• Topics:
linguistics

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cacuminal, retroflexed, replicate