different between reflexed vs retroflex
reflexed
English
Verb
reflexed
- simple past tense and past participle of reflex
Adjective
reflexed (comparative more reflexed, superlative most reflexed)
- turned backwards
Hungarian
Etymology
reflex +? -ed (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?r?fl?ks?d]
- Hyphenation: ref?le?xed
Noun
reflexed
- second-person singular single-possession possessive of reflex
Declension
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retroflex
English
Etymology
From Latin r?tr?flexus, the perfect participle of r?tr?flect? (“bend, turn”), from flect? (“bend, turn”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???t.???.fl?ks/, /???t.??.fl?ks/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???t.?o?.fl?ks/, /???t.??.fl?ks/
Adjective
retroflex (comparative more retroflex, superlative most retroflex)
- Bent or curved backwards.
- (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.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
- (phonetics, general sense) Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.
Synonyms
- (bent backwards): reflexed
- (of pronunciation with the tongue underside): subapical palatal
- (of pronunciation with the tongue tip): apical postalveolar
- (of pronunciation with the tongue blade): laminal postalveolar, flat postalveolar
Related terms
- retroflexed
- retroflexion
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
See also
- Retroflex consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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