French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

French word list

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	bruyante
	buccal
	but1
	but2
	cacologie
	cacophonie
	cacophonique
	cacuminal
	cadencé
	cadence1
	cadence2
	cadrage
	cadre1
	cadre2
	cadre3

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retroflex(ed)

Fr    cacuminal, cérébral, rétroflexe

adj

Synonym(s): cacuminal, cerebral, domal

Domain: Phonology

Source(s): Akmajian etal. 1984: 113 (retroflexed); Collinge 1990: 15; Crystal 2003: 399; Doke 1935: 189; ELL: 3066; Hartmann & Stork 1972: 197-198; Hock 1986: 77; MacKay 1989: 146, 148 (= post alveolar), 219 (= retroflexed); Matthews 1997: 320; Pei & Gaynor 1954: 186; Richards etal. 1992: 316; Trask 1996: 308-309

Sub-entries:

• retroflex consonant
• retroflexed 'r'
• retroflexed vowel

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English word list

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	resultative
	résumé
	retracted
	retraction
	retraining
	retroactive
	retroflex
	retroflex(ed)
	retroflexed 'r'
	retroflexion
	retrospective
	reversal
	reverse
	reversible
	reversive

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