retroflex English

Meaning retroflex meaning

What does retroflex mean?

retroflex

— verb bend or turn backward

— 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

— adjective bent or curved backward

— adjective (= cacuminal) pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

Synonyms retroflex synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as retroflex?

retroflex English » English

retroflexed

cacuminal

replicate

sophisticated

recurved

cerebral

brain