plosion
plosion noun: pronunciation of a consonant that is characterised by completely blocking the flow of air through the mouth.
Noun
plosion (countable and uncountable, plural plosions)
- Pronunciation of a consonant that is characterised by completely blocking the flow of air through the mouth.
- In Russian, nasal plosion is confined to cases where both the plosive and the nasal consonant have the same primary articulation. In English, however, nasal plosion occurs also in such groups as kn, tm (as in Hackney ['haekni], utmost [ˈʌtmoʊst]).1923, Michael V. Trofimov, Daniel Jones, The pronunciation of Russian
- Plosive consonants are sometimes not fully articulated ; under certain conditions they may be reduced to stops only, without plosions. This generally happens in English when a plosive is immediately followed by another plosive.1956, Daniel Jones, The pronunciation of English, page 121
Forms of plosion
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Words formed from plosion
Questions about plosion
- What does plosion mean?
- Plosion means pronunciation of a consonant that is characterised by completely blocking the flow of air through the mouth.
- What part of speech is plosion?
- Plosion is a noun.
- What is the plural of plosion?
- The plural of plosion is plosions.
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