Applosive
//əˈpləʊ.sɪv// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.
"Our recent fiber-optic studies on applosives (unreleased plosives) in the word-final position in Fukienese, a dialect of southern China, revealed interesting findings on larygeneal adjustment (Iwata et al., 1979)."
Example
More examples"Our recent fiber-optic studies on applosives (unreleased plosives) in the word-final position in Fukienese, a dialect of southern China, revealed interesting findings on larygeneal adjustment (Iwata et al., 1979)."
Etymology
From a- + plosive.
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