- Types Of Speech
- You can use retroflex as a verb or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Retroflex
- A 3 syllables verb and 9 letters with the letters e, f, l, o, r, t, and x, 6 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter o. Retroflex starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters r, re, ret, retr, retro, and the ending characters are x, ex, lex, flex, oflex, ..
- Definition
- Articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- Compound Words
- A compound word, retroflex has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are retro, and flex.
- Pig Latin
- Retroflex in Pig Latin is said as "etroflexray or etroflexrway".
- Unigram
- r | e | t | r | o | f | l | e | x
- Bigram
- re | et | tr | ro | of | fl | le | ex
- Trigram
- ret | etr | tro | rof | ofl | fle | lex
- Quadrigram
- retr | etro | trof | rofl | ofle | flex
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate;
"Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants" - bend or turn backward
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
- bent or curved backward
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abaxial | facing away from the axis of an organ or organism "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem" |
| Accented | used of syllables or musical beats |
| Adjustment | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
| Allophone | (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme |
| Alteration | the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
| Alveolar | a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge |
| Alveolar Consonant | |
| Apartment | a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house |
| Aphonic | being voiceless through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech |
| Apical | situated at an apex |
View all cognitive synonyms for Retroflex
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Retroflex | articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants" |
View English words with the unique letters used in retroflex. Words With The Letters Eflortx
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Retroflection | the act of bending backward |
| Retroflexion | the act of bending backward |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Articulate | express or state clearly |
| Enounce | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way "She pronounces French words in a funny way" "I cannot say `zip wire''" "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" |
| Enunciate | express or state clearly |
| Pronounce | pronounce judgment on "They labeled him unfit to work here" |
| Say | the chance to speak "let him have his say" |
| Sound Out |
Retroflex Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With R
- Ends With X
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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