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postalveolars

postalveolars is the plural of postalveolar.

Meaning of postalveolar

Noun

postalveolar (plural postalveolars)

  1. Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge, such as English sh in the word shoe.

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Questions about postalveolars

What is postalveolars the plural of?
Postalveolars is the plural of postalveolar.

Words near postalveolars in the dictionary

  1. postalignment
  2. postally
  3. postally used
  4. postalveolar
  5. postalveolarization
  6. postalveolars
  7. postalveolo-prepalatal
  8. postamble
  9. postambles
  10. postament
  11. postaments

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Adapted from Wiktionary: postalveolars (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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