retroflex

Etymology
From, the perfect participle of , from.

Adjective

 * 1) Bent or curved backwards.
 * 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.
 * 3)  Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
 * 4)  Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
 * 5)  Of any of the aforementioned pronunciations.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُرْتَدّ
 * Bulgarian: извит назад
 * Finnish: taaksepäin taipunut
 * Manx: cooyl-chroymmit
 * Portuguese: retroflexo


 * German: subapiko-palatal
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sub-apikal prepalatal, sub-apikal palatal
 * Polish: subapikalno-prepalatalny, subapikalny prepalatalny, subapikalno-palatalny, subapikalny palatalny


 * German: apiko-postalveolar
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: apikal postalveolar
 * Polish: apikalny zadziąsłowy, apikalny postalweolarny, apikalno-postalweolarny


 * German: lamino-postalveolar
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: laminal postalveolar
 * Polish: laminalny zadziąsłowy, laminalny postalweolarny, lamino-postalweolarny


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: aislúbtha
 * Manx: cooyl-chroymmit
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: z retrofleksją, retrofleksyjny
 * Portuguese: retroflexo
 * Punjabi: ਟਵਰਗ, ٹَوَرْگ
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: olblyg

Noun

 * 1)  A consonant pronounced with the underside of the tongue approaching or touching the palate.
 * 2)  A consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
 * 3)  A consonant pronounced with the blade of the tongue approaching or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
 * 4)  Any of the aforementioned consonants.

Translations

 * Polish: spółgłoska subapikalno-prepalatalna, spółgłoska subapikalna prepalatalna, spółgłoska subapikalno-palatalna, spółgłoska subapikalna palatalna


 * Polish: spółgłoska apikalna zadziąsłowa, spółgłoska apikalna postalweolarna, spółgłoska apikalno-postalweolarna


 * Polish: spółgłoska laminalna zadziąsłowa, spółgłoska laminalna postalweolarna, spółgłoska lamino-postalweolarna


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Retroflex
 * Japanese: そり舌音, 反り舌音
 * Polish: spółgłoska z retrofleksją, spółgłoska retrofleksyjna
 * Portuguese: retroflexa
 * Russian: ретрофле́ксный согла́сный

Verb

 * 1)  To bend or curve backwards.
 * 2) * 2010, Stephen Nicholls, ‎Stephen Worthley, Cardiovascular Imaging for Clinical Practice (page 123)
 * retroflexing the endoscope tip and mechanically rotating the transducer.

Adjective

 * 1)  retroflex