cacuminal

• Veraltetes Adjektiv aus der Phonetik, das einen Laut bezeichnet, der mit zurückgebogener Zungenspitze gegen den harten Gaumen gebildet wird (retroflex).

An obsolete adjective used in phonetics to describe a sound produced with the tip of the tongue curled back against the hard palate (retroflex).

1. Pronounced with tongue tip curled backC2formal

   Describes a speech sound produced by curling the tip of the tongue upward and backward toward the hard palate.

   Kakuminal

   • The 'r' sound in some Indian English dialects is cacuminal.
   • Linguists study cacuminal consonants in various languages.
   • The retroflex 't' is a classic example of a cacuminal sound.

   Synonymecerebralinvertedretroflex