Synonyms for "apical" (84 found)

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Closest matches (17)

retroflexalveolarassimilatedbackbilabialbroadcapitalcentralcerebralchiefclimacticcloseconsonantconsummatedentaldorsal

Adjective(1 words)

apicillary

Strong matches (25)

flatfrontglideglossalglottalgutturalhardheadheadmostheavyhighhighestlabiallaminallaterallaxlightlingualliquidlow

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maximalmaximummeridianmidmuted

Related words (42)

narrownasalnasalizedocclusiveopenpalatalparamountpharyngealphonemicphoneticphonicpitchedpreeminentroundedsoftsonantstoppedstressedstrongsupreme

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surdsyllabictensethickthroatytip toptonaltonictoptopmosttwangyultimateunaccentedunstressedupmostuppermostverticalvoicedvoicelessvowelweakwide

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

coordinate

2 entries

coronallaminal

derived

32 entries

abapicaladapicalanteroapicalapical ancestorapical annulusapical ballooning cardiomyopathyapical dendriteapical ectodermal ridgeapical germ poreapicalizationapicallyapicalmostapicalwardsbasiapicalbasoapicalbiapical

Showing 16 of 32 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

apex

has context

3 entries

botanyphoneticsphonology

related to

2 entries

apexintercalary

similar

3 entries

laminaltop

Translations

18 translations across 9 languages.

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Catalan

1 entries

• apical adj (phonetics: produced with the tip of the tongue)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

• 顶端的 adj (phonetics: produced with the tip of the tongue)
• 舌尖音 noun (sound)

Finnish

2 entries

• apikaalinen adj (phonetics: produced with the tip of the tongue)
• kielenkärki adj (phonetics: produced with the tip of the tongue)

Galician

2 entries

• apical adj (phonetics: produced with the tip of the tongue)
• apical noun (sound)

Georgian

2 entries

• აპიკალური adj (phonetics: produced with the tip of the tongue)
• აპიკალური ბგერა noun (sound)

Italian

1 entries

• apicale noun (sound)

Portuguese

2 entries

• apical adj (phonetics: produced with the tip of the tongue)
• apical noun (sound)

Russian

4 entries

• апика́льный adj (phonetics: produced with the tip of the tongue)
• переднеязы́чный adj (phonetics: produced with the tip of the tongue)
• апика́льный звук noun (sound)
• переднеязы́чный звук noun (sound)

Spanish

2 entries

• apical adj (phonetics: produced with the tip of the tongue)
• apical noun (sound)

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