retroflex

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Bent or curved backwards.
2. sıfat 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.

   “Near-synonyms: subapical, palatal”

3. sıfat Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.

   “Near-synonyms: apical, postalveolar”

4. sıfat Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.

   “Near-synonyms: laminal, postalveolar”

5. sıfat Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.

   “Near-synonym: rhotic”

6. isim A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
7. isim A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
8. isim A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
9. isim Any of the aforementioned consonants.
10. fiil To bend or curve backwards.

    “[…] retroflexing the endoscope tip and mechanically rotating the transducer.”