plosive speech sound — noun a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it his stop consonants are too aspirated • Syn: ↑stop consonant, ↑stop, ↑occlusive, ↑plosive consonant, ↑plosive • Ant: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
plosive — plo•sive [[t]ˈploʊ sɪv[/t]] adj. 1) phn of or pertaining to a consonant characterized by momentary complete closure at some part of the vocal tract causing stoppage of the flow of air, followed by sudden release of the compressed air 2) phn a… … From formal English to slang
plosive Phonetics — [ pləʊsɪv, z ] adjective denoting a consonant that is produced by stopping the airflow using the lips, teeth, or palate, followed by a sudden release of air. noun a plosive speech sound. Origin C19: shortening of explosive … English new terms dictionary
Consonant — Not to be confused with the musical concept of consonance For the alternative rock group, see Consonant (band). Places of articulation Labial Bilabial Labial–velar Labial–coronal Labiodental … Wikipedia
Plosive — Occlusive redirects here. For occlusion in dentistry, see Occlusion (dentistry). Manners of articulation Obstruent Plosive (occlusive) Affricate Fricative Sibilant Sonorant Nasal … Wikipedia
plosive — /ploh siv/, Phonet. adj. 1. (of a stop consonant or occlusive) characterized by release in a plosion; explosive. n. 2. Also called explosive. a plosive speech sound. [1895 1900; shortened form of EXPLOSIVE] * * * … Universalium
plosive — plo|sive [ˈpləusıv US ˈplou ] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: explosive] technical a ↑consonant sound that is made by completely stopping the flow of air out of your mouth and then suddenly letting it out, as when saying /b/ or /t/ >plosive adj … Dictionary of contemporary English
plosive — noun (C) technical a consonant sound that is made by completely stopping the flow of air out of your mouth and then suddenly letting it out, done, for example, when saying, or /t/ plosive adjective … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
consonant — I (Roget s IV) n. Linguistic terms referring to consonant sounds include: voiceless, voiced; labial, bilabial, labiodental, apical, dental, alveolar, retroflex, frontal, alveopalatal, prepalatal, dorsal, palatal, velar, uvular, glottal,… … English dictionary for students
consonant — Synonyms and related words: accented, accordant, according, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, alike, allophone, alveolar, answerable, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulated, articulation, aspiration, assimilated, assimilation, assonant … Moby Thesaurus