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retroflex (167 synonym found)

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manner of articulation

pharyngealization

segmental phoneme

epenthetic vowel

syllabic nucleus

transition sound

parasitic vowel

prothetic vowel

voiceless sound

apico-alveolar

glottalization

pharyngealized

dissimilation

labialization

monophthongal

morphophoneme

syllabic peak

apico-dental

articulation

assimilation

dissimilated

go backwards

modification

speech sound

voiced sound

articulated

assimilated

consonantal

fall astern

fall behind

labiodental

lose ground

monophthong

palatalized

continuant

get behind

labiovelar

pharyngeal

recidivate

retrograde

retrogress

triphthong

unaccented

unstressed

allophone

bend back

cacuminal

consonant

diphthong

explosive

go behind

incurvate

intonated

jerk back

laryngeal

nasalized

occlusive

posttonic

pull back

retrocede

semivowel

slip back

unrounded

voiceless

vowellike

accented

alveolar

barytone

bilabial

cerebral

guttural

phonemic

phonetic

sonority

stressed

syllabic

syllable

central

checked

decurve

deflect

glossal

glottal

incurve

inflect

lateral

lingual

oxytone

palatal

phoneme

pitched

plosive

recurve

reflect

regress

relapse

rounded

stopped

throaty

vocable

vocalic

voicing

apical

dental

dorsal

labial

liquid

narrow

phonic

recede

reflex

return

revert

sonant

strong

twangy

vocoid

voiced

broad

check

close

crook

curve

embow

front

glide

heavy

hunch

lapse

light

muted

nasal

phone

pitch

round

sweep

thick

tonal

tonic

vault

velar

voice

vowel

arch

cock

curl

dome

flex

hard

high

hook

hump

loop

mute

open

soft

stop

surd

swag

turn

wide

wind

bow

lax

low

mid

sag

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Definition of retroflex:

(adj) : Bent backwards; of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised

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Definition of retroflex:

(adj) : Bent backwards; of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised

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