Synonyms for "plosive" (39 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

Noun(2 words)

occlusivestop

articulationaspirationassimilationbilabialcheckconsonant

Strong matches (12)

diphthongexplosiveglideglottalgutturallabiallateralliquidmodificationmute

Adjective(1 words)

explosive

Noun(1 words)

mute

Related words (19)

nasalpalatalpeakpharyngealphonephonemeretroflexsonantsonoritystopstop consonantsurdsyllablevocablevoicevowel

Noun(3 words)

plosive consonantplosive speech soundstop consonant

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

consonantobstruent

Synonyms

2 entries

stopstop consonant

Related terms

1 entries

plosion

derived

6 entries

applosivenonplosiveplosivelyplosivenessplosivityplosivization

etymologically related_to

1 entries

explosive

has context

1 entries

phonetics

is a

1 entries

consonant

related to

2 entries

plosionsound

Translations

53 translations across 28 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries

• اِنْفِجَارِيّ noun (consonant)
• صَوْتٌ اِنْفِجَارِيّ noun (consonant)

Armenian

2 entries

• հպական noun (consonant)
• պայթական noun (consonant)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• избушен adj (produced from opening a previously closed oral passage)

Catalan

1 entries

• oclusiva noun (consonant)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

• 塞音 noun (consonant)
• 爆發音 /爆发音 noun (consonant)
• 破裂音 noun (consonant)

Czech

4 entries

• ražený adj (produced from opening a previously closed oral passage)
• závěrový adj (produced from opening a previously closed oral passage)
• exploziva noun (consonant)
• okluziva noun (consonant)

Danish

2 entries

• klusil noun (consonant)
• lukkelyd noun (consonant)

Dutch

3 entries

• occlusief noun (consonant)
• plofklank noun (consonant)
• plosief noun (consonant)

Finnish

1 entries

• klusiili noun (consonant)

French

1 entries

• occlusif noun (consonant)

Georgian

2 entries

• ხშულ-მსკდომი noun (consonant)
• ხშული noun (consonant)

German

3 entries

• Explosiv noun (consonant)
• Plosiv noun (consonant)
• Verschlusslaut noun (consonant)

Hungarian

1 entries

• zárhang noun (consonant)

Icelandic

1 entries

• lokhljóð noun (consonant)

Italian

1 entries

• occlusiva noun (consonant)

Japanese

1 entries

• 破裂音 noun (consonant)

Korean

1 entries

• 파열음 noun (consonant)

Norwegian

1 entries

• plosiv noun (consonant)

Portuguese

2 entries

• oclusiva noun (consonant)
• plosiva noun (consonant)

Romanian

1 entries

• oclusivă noun (consonant)

Russian

2 entries

• взрывно́й noun (consonant)
• смы́чный noun (consonant)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

• eksplòzīv noun (consonant)
• zapornik noun (consonant)
• експло̀зӣв noun (consonant)
• запорник noun (consonant)

Slovene

1 entries

• zapórnik noun (consonant)

Spanish

4 entries

• oclusivo adj (produced from opening a previously closed oral passage)
• plosivo adj (produced from opening a previously closed oral passage)
• implosiva noun (consonant)
• oclusiva noun (consonant)

Swedish

1 entries

• klusil noun (consonant)

Ukrainian

2 entries

• проривни́й adj (produced from opening a previously closed oral passage)
• проривни́й noun (consonant)

Vietnamese

1 entries

• âm tắc noun (consonant)

Welsh

2 entries

• ffrwydrol adj (produced from opening a previously closed oral passage)
• ffrwydrolyn noun (consonant)

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