postalveolar

English

Alternative forms

• post-alveolar

Etymology

post- +‎ alveolar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpəʊstælviˈəʊlə(ɹ)/, /ˌpəʊstælˈviːələ(ɹ)/, /ˌpəʊstˈælvi.ələ(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˌpoʊstælˈviələɹ/

Adjective

postalveolar (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge

Related terms

• alveopalatal
• palatoalveolar
• retroflex

Translations

articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge

• Afrikaans: postalveolêr
• Arabic: لِثَوِيّ غَارِيّ (liṯawiyy ḡāriyy)
• Danish: postalveolær
• Dutch: postalveolair
• Finnish: postalveolaarinen (fi)
• German: postalveolar (de)
• Italian: postalveolare
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: postalveolar

  Nynorsk: postalveolar

• Polish: zadziąsłowy m, postalweolarny m
• Spanish: postalveolar
• Swedish: postalveolar
• Welsh: ôl-orfannol

Noun

postalveolar (plural postalveolars)

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

Related terms

• alveopalatal
• palatoalveolar
• retroflex

Translations

any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge

• Afrikaans: postalveolaar
• Danish: postalveolar (da) c
• Dutch: postalveolaar c
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: postalveolaari (fi)
• German: Postalveolar (de) m, Postalveolarlaut m
• Polish: spółgłoska zadziąsłowa f, spółgłoska postalweolarna f

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰʌsd̥alveoˌlɑːˀ]

Noun

postalveolar c (singular definite postalveolaren, plural indefinite postalveolarer)

1. (phonetics) postalveolar

Declension

Declension of postalveolar

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	postalveolar	postalveolaren	postalveolarer	postalveolarerne
genitive	postalveolars	postalveolarens	postalveolarers	postalveolarernes

See also

• postalveolær

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German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔstʔalveoˌlaːɐ̯/
• Hyphenation: post‧al‧ve‧o‧lar

• Audio:

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Adjective

postalveolar (not comparable)

1. postalveolar

Derived terms

• Postalveolar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /postalbeoˈlaɾ/ [pos.t̪al.β̞e.oˈlaɾ]

Adjective

postalveolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural postalveolares)

1. postalveolar