retroflex

== English == === Etymology === From Latin rētrōflexus, the perfect participle of rētrōflectō (“bend, turn”), from flectō (“bend, turn”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ.flɛks/, /ˈɹɛt.ɹə.flɛks/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛt.ɹoʊ.flɛks/, /ˈɹɛt.ɹə.flɛks/ === Adjective === retroflex (comparative more retroflex, superlative most retroflex) Bent or curved backwards. Synonyms: retroflexed, retroflexive, reflexed, reflected Antonyms: nonretroflex, unretroflexed (phonetics) 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. Near-synonyms: subapical, palatal (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge. Near-synonyms: apical, postalveolar (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge. Near-synonyms: laminal, postalveolar (phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations. Synonyms: cacuminal (dated), cerebral (obsolete) Near-synonym: rhotic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === retroflex (plural retroflexes) (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate. (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge. (phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === retroflex (third-person singular simple present retroflexes, present participle retroflexing, simple past and past participle retroflexed) (transitive) To bend or curve backwards. === See also === Retroflex consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === retroflex (strong nominative masculine singular retroflexer, not comparable) (phonetics) retroflex ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Retroflex (“retroflex consonant”) === Further reading === “retroflex” in Duden online “retroflex”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) == Swedish == === Etymology === From English retroflex === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɛtrʊˈflɛks/ === Adjective === retroflex (not comparable) (phonology, phonetics) retroflex ==== Declension ==== === Noun === retroflex c (phonetics, phonology) retroflex consonant ==== Declension ==== === References === “retroflex”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)