Plosive synonyms

plō'sĭv, -zĭv

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velar (related)
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unvoiced (related)
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bilabial (related)
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uvular (related)
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obstruent (related)
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diphthong (related)
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word-final (related)
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stop consonant
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
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stop
A place at which someone or something stops:
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occlusive
(Phonetics) A plosive.
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plosive consonant
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
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plosive speech sound
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
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continuant consonant (antonym)
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fricative (related)
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affricate (related)
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sonorants (related)
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Find another word for plosive. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for plosive, like: velar, unvoiced, bilabial, uvular, obstruent, diphthong, word-final, stop consonant, stop, occlusive and plosive consonant.
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Plosive Sentence Examples

  • Similarly ' t ' is an unvoiced dental plosive; ' d ' is a voiced dental plosive.

  • After the voiceless alveolar plosive comes a mid back rounded vowel, and after that a rather long uvular nasal.

  • unvoiced dental plosive; ' d ' is a voiced dental plosive.

  • voiceless alveolar plosive comes a mid back rounded vowel, and after that a rather long uvular nasal.

  • between the dialects which preserved the IndoEuropean velars (especially the breathed plosive q) as velars or back-palatals (gutturals), with or without the addition of a w-sound, and the dialects which converted the velars wholly into labials, for example, Latinian quis contrasted with Oscan, Volscian and Umbrian pis (see further LATIN LANGUAGE).

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