"implosive" meaning in English

See implosive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-implosive.wav Forms: more implosive [comparative], most implosive [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} implosive (comparative more implosive, superlative most implosive)
  1. Formed by implosion.
    Sense id: en-implosive-en-adj-kyWPUV8D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-implosive.wav Forms: implosives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} implosive (plural implosives)
  1. (phonetics) An implosive sound; an implodent. Categories (topical): Phonetics Related terms: ejective
    Sense id: en-implosive-en-noun-yQXpCGMy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

Inflected forms

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