plosive
UK/ˈpləʊsɪv//ˈploʊsɪv/
plosive noun: a speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
Noun
plosive (plural plosives)
- A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
Adjective
plosive (comparative more plosive or plosiver, superlative most plosive or plosivest)
- Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
plosive meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese
plosive in Tamil
- வல்லெழுத்து
plosive in Arabic
- consonant
- اِنْفِجَارِيّ infijāriyy, صَوْتٌ اِنْفِجَارِيّ ṣawtun infijāriyy
plosive in Vietnamese
- consonant
- âm tắc
Synonyms of plosive
Forms of plosive
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | plosives |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more plosive |
| comparative | plosiver |
| superlative | most plosive |
| superlative | plosivest |
Origin of plosive
Clipping of explosive.
Words formed from plosive
Words that rhyme with plosive
Questions about plosive
- What does plosive mean?
- Plosive means a speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
- What is plosive in Tamil?
- Plosive in Tamil is வல்லெழுத்து. See Plosive meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is plosive?
- Plosive can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce plosive?
- Plosive is pronounced /ˈpləʊsɪv/ (UK).
- What is the plural of plosive?
- The plural of plosive is plosives.
Words near plosive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: plosive (page history and authors); plosive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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