retroflex

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ.flɛks/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt.ɹə.flɛks/
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• General-American: /ˈɹɛt.ɹoʊ.flɛks/
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• General-American: /ˈɹɛt.ɹə.flɛks/
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From Latin rētrōflexus, the perfect participle of rētrōflectō (“bend, turn”), from flectō (“bend, turn”).

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُرْتَدّ (murtadd) — bent backwards
• Bulgarian: извит назад (izvit nazad) — bent backwards
• Finnish: taaksepäin taipunut — bent backwards
• Manx: cooyl-chroymmit — bent backwards
• Portuguese: retroflexo — bent backwards
• German: subapiko-palatal — of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate
• Norwegian Bokmål: sub-apikal prepalatal — of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate
• Norwegian Bokmål: sub-apikal palatal — of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate
• Polish: subapikalno-prepalatalny — of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate
• Polish: subapikalny prepalatalny — of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate
• Polish: subapikalno-palatalny — of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate
• Polish: subapikalny palatalny — of pronunciation in which the tongue underside approaches/touches the palate
• German: apiko-postalveolar — of pronunciation in which the tongue tip approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge
• Norwegian Bokmål: apikal postalveolar — of pronunciation in which the tongue tip approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge
• Polish: apikalny zadziąsłowy — of pronunciation in which the tongue tip approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge
• Polish: apikalny postalweolarny — of pronunciation in which the tongue tip approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge
• Polish: apikalno-postalweolarny — of pronunciation in which the tongue tip approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge
• German: lamino-postalveolar — of pronunciation in which the tongue blade approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge
• Norwegian Bokmål: laminal postalveolar — of pronunciation in which the tongue blade approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge
• Polish: laminalny zadziąsłowy — of pronunciation in which the tongue blade approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge
• Polish: laminalny postalweolarny — of pronunciation in which the tongue blade approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge
• Polish: lamino-postalweolarny — of pronunciation in which the tongue blade approaches/touches the back of the alveolar ridge
• Dutch: retroflex — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Finnish: retrofleksinen — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• French: rétroflexe — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• German: retroflex — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Greek: ανάστροφο (anástrofo) — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Irish: aislúbtha — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Manx: cooyl-chroymmit — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Norwegian Bokmål: retrofleks — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Polish: z retrofleksją — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Polish: retrofleksyjny — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Portuguese: retroflexo — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Punjabi: ਟਵਰਗ (ṭavrag) — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Punjabi: ٹَوَرْگ (ṭauarg) — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Russian: ретрофле́ксный (retrofléksnyj) — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Swedish: retroflex — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Welsh: olblyg — of any of the retroflex pronunciations
• Polish: spółgłoska subapikalno-prepalatalna — consonant pronounced with the tongue underside approaching/touching the palate
• Polish: spółgłoska subapikalna prepalatalna — consonant pronounced with the tongue underside approaching/touching the palate
• Polish: spółgłoska subapikalno-palatalna — consonant pronounced with the tongue underside approaching/touching the palate
• Polish: spółgłoska subapikalna palatalna — consonant pronounced with the tongue underside approaching/touching the palate
• Polish: spółgłoska apikalna zadziąsłowa — consonant pronounced with the tongue tip approaching/touching the back of the alveolar ridge
• Polish: spółgłoska apikalna postalweolarna — consonant pronounced with the tongue tip approaching/touching the back of the alveolar ridge
• Polish: spółgłoska apikalno-postalweolarna — consonant pronounced with the tongue tip approaching/touching the back of the alveolar ridge
• Polish: spółgłoska laminalna zadziąsłowa — consonant pronounced with the tongue blade approaching/touching the back of the alveolar ridge
• Polish: spółgłoska laminalna postalweolarna — consonant pronounced with the tongue blade approaching/touching the back of the alveolar ridge
• Polish: spółgłoska lamino-postalweolarna — consonant pronounced with the tongue blade approaching/touching the back of the alveolar ridge
• Chinese Mandarin: 卷舌音 (juǎnshéyīn) — any of the retroflex consonants
• Chinese Mandarin: 翹舌音 /翘舌音 (qiàoshéyīn) — any of the retroflex consonants
• Chinese Mandarin: 舌尖後音 /舌尖后音 (shéjiānhòuyīn) — any of the retroflex consonants
• Dutch: retroflex — any of the retroflex consonants
• Finnish: retrofleksi — any of the retroflex consonants
• German: Retroflex — any of the retroflex consonants
• Japanese: そり舌音 (sorijitaon) — any of the retroflex consonants
• Japanese: 反り舌音 (sorijitaon) — any of the retroflex consonants
• Polish: spółgłoska z retrofleksją — any of the retroflex consonants
• Polish: spółgłoska retrofleksyjna — any of the retroflex consonants
• Portuguese: retroflexa — any of the retroflex consonants
• Russian: ретрофле́ксный согла́сный (retrofléksnyj soglásnyj) — any of the retroflex consonants
• Thai: เสียงปลายลิ้นม้วน — any of the retroflex consonants