Standard Lemma guide

postalveolar

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊstælviˈəʊlə(ɹ)/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊstælˈviːələ(ɹ)/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊstˈælvi.ələ(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌpoʊstælˈviələɹ/
  • rhymes with -iːələ(ɹ)
  • rhymes with -əʊlə(ɹ)

1

adj

Meaning 1

Articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge, such as English sh in the word shoe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From post- + alveolar.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: postalveolêr — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Arabic: لِثَوِيّ غَارِيّ (liṯawiyy ḡāriyy) — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Czech: zadodásňový — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Czech: postalveolární — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Danish: postalveolær — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Dutch: postalveolair — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Finnish: postalveolaarinen — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • German: postalveolar — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Italian: postalveolare — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: postalveolar — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: postalveolar — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Polish: zadziąsłowy — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Polish: postalweolarny — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Spanish: postalveolar — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Swedish: postalveolar — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Welsh: ôl-orfannol — articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Afrikaans: postalveolaar — any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 齦後音 /龈后音 (yínhòuyīn) — any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Czech: postalveolára — any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Danish: postalveolar — any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Dutch: postalveolaar — any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Finnish: postalveolaari — any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • German: Postalveolar — any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • German: Postalveolarlaut — any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Polish: spółgłoska zadziąsłowa — any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
  • Polish: spółgłoska postalweolarna — any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge
Real reading context

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