postalveolar

English

Alternative forms

• post-alveolar

Etymology

post- +‎ alveolar

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpəʊstælviˈəʊlə(ɹ)/, /ˌpəʊstælˈviːələ(ɹ)/, /ˌpəʊstˈælvi.ələ(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpoʊstælˈviələɹ/
• Rhymes: -iːələ(ɹ)
• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

postalveolar (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) Articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

Related terms

• alveopalatal
• palatoalveolar
• retroflex

Translations

articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge

• Afrikaans: postalveolêr
• Arabic: لِثَوِيّ غَارِيّ (liṯawiyy ḡāriyy)
• Czech: zadodásňový, postalveolární
• Danish: postalveolær
• Dutch: postalveolair
• Finnish: postalveolaarinen (fi)
• German: postalveolar (de)
• Italian: postalveolare
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: postalveolar

  Nynorsk: postalveolar

• Polish: zadziąsłowy, postalweolarny
• Spanish: postalveolar (es)
• Swedish: postalveolar
• Welsh: ôl-orfannol

Noun

postalveolar (plural postalveolars)

1. (phonetics) Any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge, such as English sh in the word shoe.

Related terms

• alveopalatal
• palatoalveolar
• retroflex

Translations

any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge

• Afrikaans: postalveolaar
• Czech: postalveolára (cs) f
• Danish: postalveolar (da) c
• Dutch: postalveolaar c
• Finnish: postalveolaari (fi)
• German: Postalveolar (de) m, Postalveolarlaut m
• Polish: spółgłoska zadziąsłowa f, spółgłoska postalweolarna f

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰʌsd̥alveoˌlɑːˀ]

Noun

postalveolar c (singular definite postalveolaren, plural indefinite postalveolarer)

1. (phonetics) postalveolar

Declension

Declension of postalveolar

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	postalveolar	postalveolaren	postalveolarer	postalveolarerne
genitive	postalveolars	postalveolarens	postalveolarers	postalveolarernes

See also

• postalveolær

German

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔstʔalveoˌlaːɐ̯/
• Hyphenation: post‧al‧ve‧o‧lar

• Audio:

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Adjective

postalveolar (strong nominative masculine singular postalveolarer, not comparable)

1. postalveolar

Declension

Positive forms of postalveolar (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist postalveolar	sie ist postalveolar	es ist postalveolar	sie sind postalveolar
strong declension (without article)	nominative	postalveolarer	postalveolare	postalveolares	postalveolare
	genitive	postalveolaren	postalveolarer	postalveolaren	postalveolarer
	dative	postalveolarem	postalveolarer	postalveolarem	postalveolaren
	accusative	postalveolaren	postalveolare	postalveolares	postalveolare
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der postalveolare	die postalveolare	das postalveolare	die postalveolaren
	genitive	des postalveolaren	der postalveolaren	des postalveolaren	der postalveolaren
	dative	dem postalveolaren	der postalveolaren	dem postalveolaren	den postalveolaren
	accusative	den postalveolaren	die postalveolare	das postalveolare	die postalveolaren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein postalveolarer	eine postalveolare	ein postalveolares	(keine) postalveolaren
	genitive	eines postalveolaren	einer postalveolaren	eines postalveolaren	(keiner) postalveolaren
	dative	einem postalveolaren	einer postalveolaren	einem postalveolaren	(keinen) postalveolaren
	accusative	einen postalveolaren	eine postalveolare	ein postalveolares	(keine) postalveolaren

Derived terms

• Postalveolar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /postalbeoˈlaɾ/ [pos.t̪al.β̞e.oˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pos‧tal‧ve‧o‧lar

Adjective

postalveolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural postalveolares)

1. postalveolar