Retroflex Common

Retroflex has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.

Verb

bend or turn backward

retroflex replicate

articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate

"Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"

retroflex

Adjective

bent or curved backward

retroflex retroflexed

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

cacuminal retroflex

Bent or curved backwards.