"retroflesso" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /re.troˈflɛs.so/ Forms: retroflessa [feminine], retroflessi [masculine, plural], retroflesse [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsso Etymology: From retro- (“retro-”, “back-”) + flesso (“bend”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|it|retro|flesso|t1=retro-”, “back-|t2=bend}} retro- (“retro-”, “back-”) + flesso (“bend”) Head templates: {{it-adj}} retroflesso (feminine retroflessa, masculine plural retroflessi, feminine plural retroflesse)
  1. bent or curved backwards; retroflex
    Sense id: en-retroflesso-it-adj-hozdpCwl
  2. (linguistics, phonetics) retroflex Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonetics
    Sense id: en-retroflesso-it-adj-55MOI1Kq Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms prefixed with retro- Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Italian terms prefixed with retro-: 40 60 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: retroflessione

Inflected forms

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