plosive

English

Noun

plosive (plural plosives)

1. (phonetics) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage; for example, when pronouncing the sound /p/ in "pug".

Synonyms

• stop, occlusive

Related terms

• plosion

Translations

consonant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞音 (cmn) (sèyīn)

• Czech: exploziva (cs) f, okluziva (cs) f
• Dutch: occlusief (nl), plosief (nl), plofklank (nl)
• Finnish: klusiili (fi)
• French: occlusif (fr) m
• German: Plosiv (de) m

• Japanese: 破裂音 (ja) (はれつおん, haretsuon)
• Russian: взрывной (ru) (vzryvnój) m (звук), смычный (ru) (smýčnyj) (obstruent)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: експло̀зӣв (sh) m, запорник (sh) m

  Roman: eksplòzīv (sh) m, zapornik (sh) m

• Swedish: klusil (sv)

Adjective

plosive (comparative more plosive, superlative most plosive)

1. (phonetics) Produced in this way.

Derived terms

• plosively
• plosiveness

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French

Noun

plosive f (plural plosives)

1. plosive

Adjective

plosive

1. feminine form of plosif