retroflex meaning in Kannada
ಮಡಚುಲಿ
UK/ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ.flɛks//ˈɹɛt.ɹoʊ.flɛks/
retroflex in Kannada: ಮಡಚುಲಿ, ಮಡಚಿದ. In English, retroflex means bent or curved backwards.
Kannada words for retroflex
- ಮಡಚುಲಿ, ಮಡಚಿದ
English meaning of retroflex
- adjective Bent or curved backwards.
- adjective 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.
- adjective Of pronunciation in which the tip of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
- adjective Of pronunciation in which the blade of the tongue approaches or touches the back of the alveolar ridge.
retroflex in a sentence
- Near-synonyms: subapical, palatal
- Near-synonyms: apical, postalveolar
- Near-synonyms: laminal, postalveolar
Synonyms of retroflex
retroflex in other languages
Questions about retroflex in Kannada
- What is the meaning of retroflex in Kannada?
- Retroflex in Kannada is ಮಡಚುಲಿ, ಮಡಚಿದ.
- retroflex ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
- Retroflex: ಮಡಚುಲಿ, ಮಡಚಿದ.
- What does retroflex mean in English?
- Retroflex means bent or curved backwards.
Source and license
Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: retroflex (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: retroflex (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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