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postalveolar

adj
/ˌpəʊstælviˈəʊlə(ɹ)/UK/ˌpoʊstælˈviələɹ/US

Etymology

From post- + alveolar.

  1. borrowed from alveolus
  2. formed as alveolar — “alveolus + -ar”
  3. compounded as postalveolar — “post- + alveolar”

Definitions

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

  2. Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge,…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for postalveolar. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA