Postalveolar consonants are articulated when the tongue is near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
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Postalveolar
//ˌpəʊstælviˈəʊlə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "postalveolar" (3 found)
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26 translations across 15 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- postalveolêr adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
- postalveolaar noun (any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Arabic
1 entries- لِثَوِيّ غَارِيّ adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 齦後音 /龈后音 noun (any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Czech
3 entries- postalveolární adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
- zadodásňový adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
- postalveolára noun (any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Danish
2 entries- postalveolær adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
- postalveolar noun (any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Dutch
2 entries- postalveolair adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
- postalveolaar noun (any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Finnish
2 entries- postalveolaarinen adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
- postalveolaari noun (any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
German
3 entries- postalveolar adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
- Postalveolar noun (any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
- Postalveolarlaut noun (any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Italian
1 entries- postalveolare adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- postalveolar adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- postalveolar adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Polish
4 entries- postalweolarny adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
- zadziąsłowy adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
- spółgłoska postalweolarna noun (any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
- spółgłoska zadziąsłowa noun (any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Spanish
1 entries- postalveolar adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Swedish
1 entries- postalveolar adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
Welsh
1 entries- ôl-orfannol adj (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge)
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