retroflex

1. Bent or curved backwards.

   bent or curved backward

2. Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue is raised and bent backwards, so that the underside of the tongue approaches or touches the palate.

   Near-synonyms: subapical, palatal

   subapiko-palatal

   pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

3. Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.

   Near-synonyms: apical, postalveolar

   apiko-postalveolar

4. Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.

   Near-synonyms: laminal, postalveolar

   lamino-postalveolar

5. Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.

   Near-synonym: rhotic

   retroflex

   ретрофле́ксныйretrofléksnyj

1. Roughly 20 percent of languages contain retroflex consonants.

   Приблизно 20 відсотків мов мають ретрофлексні приголосні.

   ruПримерно в двадцати процентах языков имеются ретрофлексные согласные.

   deUngefähr 20 Prozent der Sprachen haben retroflexe Konsonanten.

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2. Retroflex consonants are fun to say.

   Вимовляти ретрофлексні приголосні - суцільне задоволення.

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3. To pronounce this sound, your tongue needs to be retroflex—pointing backwards.

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4. Retroflex consonants are said with the tongue touching the roof of the mouth.

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5. That obstruent is not retroflex, as the bottom of the tongue does not touch the palate.

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