retroflex Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb bend or turn backward
   replicate.
   
2. verb articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate
   
   • Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants
3. adjective satellite bent or curved backward
   retroflexed.
   
4. adjective satellite pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
   cacuminal.
   

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