| VERB | motion | retroflex, replicate | bend or turn backward |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | retroflex | articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | retroflex, retroflexed | bent / bent or curved backward |
| all | retroflex, cacuminal | pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate |
| Meaning | bent / bent or curved backward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | retroflexed | |
| Broader | backward | directed / directed or facing toward the back / back or rear |
| Catalan | retroflex | |
| Meaning | pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | cacuminal | |
| Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
| Broader | backward | directed / directed or facing toward the back / back or rear |
| Spanish | cacuminal, retroflejo | |
| Catalan | cacuminal, retroflex | |
| Meaning | bend or turn backward. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | replicate | |
| Broader | bend, flex | form a curve |
| Nouns | retroflection, retroflexion | the act of bending backward |
| Meaning | articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants" | |
| Broader | pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
| Nouns | retroflexion | an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth |
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