Retroflection
nounid
118466·updated May 18, 2026verified
an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- retroflexionretroversion
- plural
- Retroflections
- possessive
- Retroflection's
- pluralpossessive
- Retroflections'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the act of bending backward
- §2
- an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth
- §3
- a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part
- §1 · legacy_primary
- an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouthDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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