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post-alveolar

post-alveolar is the alternative spelling of postalveolar.

Meaning of postalveolar

Adjective

postalveolar (not comparable)

  1. Articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

See all 2 meanings of postalveolar

Origin of post-alveolar

From post- + alveolar.

Questions about post-alveolar

What is post-alveolar the alternative spelling of?
Post-alveolar is the alternative spelling of postalveolar.

Words near post-alveolar in the dictionary

  1. post-action
  2. post-acute
  3. post-acute sequelae of COVID-19
  4. post-Adamic
  5. post-affiliation
  6. post-alveolar
  7. post-anarchism
  8. post-anarchist
  9. post-anarchists
  10. post-anthropocentric
  11. post-anthropocentrism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: post-alveolar (page history and authors); postalveolar (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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