'Retroflex' definitions:
Definition of 'retroflex'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Bent or curved backward [syn: retroflex, retroflexed]
adjective
Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate [syn: cacuminal, retroflex]
verb
Bend or turn backward [syn: retroflex, replicate]
verb
Articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"
Definition of 'Retroflex'
From: GCIDE
- Retroflex \Re"tro*flex\, Retroflexed \Re"tro*flexed\, a. [Pref. retro- + L. flectere, flexum, to bend, to turn.] Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retroflex'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accented,
- allophone,
- alveolar,
- apical,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- arch,
- articulated,
- articulation,
- aspiration,
- assimilated,
- assimilation,
- back,
- backslide,
- barytone,
- bend,
- bend back,
- bilabial,
- bow,
- broad,
- cacuminal,
- central,
- cerebral,
- check,
- checked,
- close,
- cock,
- consonant,
- consonantal,
- continuant,
- crook,
- curl,
- curve,
- decurve,
- deflect,
- dental,
- diphthong,
- dissimilated,
- dissimilation,
- dome,
- dorsal,
- embow,
- epenthetic vowel,
- explosive,
- fall astern,
- fall behind,
- flat,
- flex,
- front,
- get behind,
- glide,
- glossal,
- glottal,
- glottalization,
- go backwards,
- go behind,
- guttural,
- hard,
- heavy,
- high,
- hook,
- hump,
- hunch,
- incurvate,
- incurve,
- inflect,
- intonated,
- jerk back,
- labial,
- labialization,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- lapse,
- laryngeal,
- lateral,
- lax,
- light,
- lingual,
- liquid,
- loop,
- lose ground,
- low,
- manner of articulation,
- mid,
- modification,
- monophthong,
- monophthongal,
- morphophoneme,
- mute,
- muted,
- narrow,
- nasal,
- nasalized,
- occlusive,
- open,
- oxytone,
- palatal,
- palatalized,
- parasitic vowel,
- peak,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngealization,
- pharyngealized,
- phone,
- phoneme,
- phonemic,
- phonetic,
- phonic,
- pitch,
- pitched,
- plosive,
- posttonic,
- prothetic vowel,
- pull back,
- recede,
- recidivate,
- recurve,
- reflect,
- reflex,
- regress,
- relapse,
- retrocede,
- retrograde,
- retrogress,
- return,
- revert,
- round,
- rounded,
- sag,
- segmental phoneme,
- semivowel,
- slip back,
- soft,
- sonant,
- sonority,
- speech sound,
- stop,
- stopped,
- stressed,
- strong,
- surd,
- swag,
- sweep,
- syllabic,
- syllabic nucleus,
- syllabic peak,
- syllable,
- tense,
- thick,
- throaty,
- tonal,
- tonic,
- transition sound,
- triphthong,
- turn,
- twangy,
- unaccented,
- unrounded,
- unstressed,
- vault,
- velar,
- vocable,
- vocalic,
- vocoid,
- voice,
- voiced,
- voiced sound,
- voiceless,
- voiceless sound,
- voicing,
- vowel,
- vowellike,
- weak,
- wide,
- wind