plosive
plosive · more plosive · most plosive
проривний
Produced from opening a previously closed oral passageProduced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
UK/ˈpləʊsɪv/US/ˈploʊsɪv/
» Upon explaining plosives to his class, the linguistics teacher instantly became covered in spit.
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1 sensesProduced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
проривни́йproryvnýj
Examples
4 sentencesUpon explaining plosives to his class, the linguistics teacher instantly became covered in spit.
Dutch has five plosives.
deNiederländisch hat fünf Plosive. — Vortarulo
Voiceless plosives in Dutch have almost no aspiration at all.
In my idiolect of English, I do not aspirate plosives, and the first part of the word "Australia" rhymes with "cow."
Translations
2 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
produced from opening a previously closed oral passage:
Origin
Clipping of explosive.Clipping of explosive.
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Forms
more plosive/plosiver, most plosive/plosivest| Comparative | more plosive / plosiver Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most plosive / plosivest Lesson |
regular
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form