different between retroflex vs circumflex

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek ???????????? (perisp?menos, “drawn around”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??.k?m?fl?ks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?.k?m?fl?ks/

Noun

circumflex (plural circumflexes)

1. A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.

   Synonym: circumflex accent

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Adjective

circumflex

1. Having a circumflex mark.

   ê is e circumflex.

2. Curving around.

   The circumflex coronary artery

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Verb

circumflex (third-person singular simple present circumflexes, present participle circumflexing, simple past and past participle circumflexed)

1. To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

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Further reading

• circumflex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia