noun · rare

plosive

plosive · plosives

проривний

взрывной, смычный

Explosiv, Verschlusslaut, Plosiv

A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tractA speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.

UK/ˈpləʊsɪv/US/ˈploʊsɪv/

» Upon explaining plosives to his class, the linguistics teacher instantly became covered in spit.

Meaning

1 senses

A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
Plosiv, Verschlusslaut, Explosiv
взрывно́йvzryvnój, смы́чныйsmýčnyj
проривни́йproryvnýj

More definitions

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

4 sentences

Upon explaining plosives to his class, the linguistics teacher instantly became covered in spit.
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Dutch has five plosives.
deNiederländisch hat fünf Plosive.
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Voiceless plosives in Dutch have almost no aspiration at all.
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In my idiolect of English, I do not aspirate plosives, and the first part of the word "Australia" rhymes with "cow."
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