different between retroflex vs cerebralize

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)

1. Bent or curved backwards.
2. (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.
3. (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
4. (phonetics) Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
5. (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)

1. (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
2. (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
3. (phonetics) A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
4. (phonetics, general sense) Any of the aforementioned consonants.

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See also

• Retroflex consonant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• cerebralise

Etymology

From cerebral +? -ize.

Verb

cerebralize (third-person singular simple present cerebralizes, present participle cerebralizing, simple past and past participle cerebralized)

1. (transitive) To make a mental picture or map of.
2. (transitive, linguistics, obsolete) To make (a consonant) retroflex.

Derived terms

• cerebralization

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