different between plosive vs begadkefat

English

Etymology

Clipping of explosive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pl??s?v/, /?pl??z?v/
• (US) enPR: pl?'s?v, pl?'z?v, IPA^(key): /?plo?s?v/, /?plo?z?v/

Noun

plosive (plural plosives)

1. (phonetics) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.

   Synonyms: stop, occlusive

   Hypernyms: consonant, obstruent

Related terms

• plosion

Translations

Adjective

plosive (comparative more plosive, superlative most plosive)

1. (phonetics) Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.

Derived terms

• plosively
• plosiveness

French

Noun

plosive f (plural plosives)

1. plosive

Adjective

plosive

1. feminine singular of plosif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

plosive

1. inflection of plosiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

English

Alternative forms

• begadkephat
• begedkefet
• beghadhkephath

Etymology

Constructed from the consonants involved: ?? (b), ?? (g), ?? (d), ?? (k), ?? (p (f)), and ?? (t). Compare Hebrew ??????? ???????? (béged kéfet), the Hebrew mnemonic.

Noun

begadkefat (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) A phenomenon of spirantization affecting most plosive consonants of Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic when they are preceded by a vowel and not geminated; also any similar case of spirantization of postvocalic plosives in other languages, such as Berber.

See also

• Category:Hebrew terms beginning with a begedkefet letter
• Category:Hebrew terms beginning with an unchangeable begedkefet letter

Dutch

Etymology

Same as above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b????t.k??f?t/

Noun

begadkefat f (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) begadkefat [from late 19th c.]