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      retroflex
      verb
      articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate
      bend or turn backward
      adjective
      pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
      bent or curved backward
      Roots
      retroretro- · Latin · backwardflectereflex- · Latin · to bend
      Synonyms for retroflex
      cacuminaladjlabiovelarlabiodentalnvelarnnasalizedvbilabialnmonophthongalmonophthongsemivowelnplosiven
      Words related to retroflex
      nonfricativeadjuvularadjfricativenaffricationnaffricatenapproximantadjaffricativenpalatalizevlabializedvejectiveadjnonpalatalyoghrhoticadjpalatoalveolarobstruentnhomorganicadjkhafsonorantadjdevoicingvphoneticsnrhotacismnspirantntenuisnasalizationnintervocalicallyadvprevocalicadjpalatalizationnintervocalicadjconsonantsnanaptyxis

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      Synonyms for retroflex

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      Where does retroflex come from?

      The word retroflex breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: retro-, from Latin retro (“backward”); and flex, from Latin flectere (“to bend”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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