noun Download 🔗Share A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate. Examples : "The linguist demonstrated how to produce a retroflex by curling her tongue backward towards the roof of her mouth. " language phonetics linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. Examples : "The phonetics student struggled to produce a clear retroflex when practicing Hindi pronunciation. " phonetics language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. Examples : "The pronunciation of the "r" sound in some dialects of English involves a retroflex. " phonetics linguistics language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants. Examples : "The student struggled to pronounce the retroflex correctly, finding the tongue position difficult. " phonetics language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Bent or curved backwards. Examples : "The doctor noticed a slight retroflex curve in the patient's spine on the X-ray. " direction body part linguistics phonetics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The teacher explained that the retroflex "r" sound in the word "rural" requires the tongue to curl back. " language phonetics linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge. Examples : "The speaker's accent was noticeable because she used a retroflex "r" sound, curling her tongue back in her mouth when she pronounced the letter. " phonetics language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge. Examples : "In some dialects of Mandarin Chinese, the "r" sound is often pronounced with a retroflex tongue position. " phonetics linguistics language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations. Examples : "The Mandarin Chinese word "shi" often has a retroflex pronunciation, curling the tongue back in the mouth while saying the sound. " phonetics language linguistics sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading