"plosive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpləʊsɪv/ [UK], /ˈpləʊzɪv/ [UK], /ˈploʊsɪv/ [US], /ˈploʊzɪv/ [US] Audio: En-us-plosive.oga Forms: more plosive [comparative], plosiver [comparative], most plosive [superlative], plosivest [superlative]
enPR: plō'sĭv [US], plō'zĭv [US] Rhymes: -əʊsɪv Etymology: Clipping of explosive. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|explosive}} Clipping of explosive Head templates: {{en-adj|more|er}} plosive (comparative more plosive or plosiver, superlative most plosive or plosivest)
  1. (phonetics) Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage. Categories (topical): Phonetics Derived forms: plosively, plosiveness Translations (produced from opening a previously closed oral passage): избушен (izbušen) (Bulgarian), závěrový (Czech), ražený (Czech), ffrwydrol (Welsh)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈpləʊsɪv/ [UK], /ˈpləʊzɪv/ [UK], /ˈploʊsɪv/ [US], /ˈploʊzɪv/ [US] Audio: En-us-plosive.oga Forms: plosives [plural]
enPR: plō'sĭv [US], plō'zĭv [US] Rhymes: -əʊsɪv Etymology: Clipping of explosive. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|explosive}} Clipping of explosive Head templates: {{en-noun}} plosive (plural plosives)
  1. (phonetics) A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract. Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: stop, occlusive Derived forms: applosive Related terms: plosion Translations (consonant): اِنْفْجَارِي (infjārī) [masculine] (Arabic), صَوْت اِنْفِجَارِي (ṣawt infijārī) [masculine] (Arabic), պայթական (paytʻakan) (Armenian), հպական (hpakan) (Armenian), oclusiva [feminine] (Catalan), 塞音 (sèyīn, sàiyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 破裂音 (pòlièyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), exploziva [feminine] (Czech), okluziva [feminine] (Czech), závěrová/ražená souhláska [feminine] (Czech), lukkelyd [common-gender] (Danish), klusil [common-gender] (Danish), occlusief (Dutch), plosief (Dutch), plofklank (Dutch), klusiili (Finnish), occlusif [masculine] (French), ხშული (xšuli) (Georgian), ხშულ-მსკდომი (xšul-msḳdomi) (Georgian), Plosiv [masculine] (German), Verschlusslaut [masculine] (German), Explosiv [masculine] (German), zárhang (Hungarian), lokhljóð [neuter] (Icelandic), occlusiva [feminine] (Italian), 破裂音 (haretsuon) (alt: はれつおん) (Japanese), 파열음 (payeoreum) (Korean), plosiv (Norwegian), oclusiva [feminine] (Portuguese), plosiva [feminine] (Portuguese), oclusivă [feminine] (Romanian), взрывно́й (vzryvnój) (alt: звук) [masculine] (Russian), смы́чный (smýčnyj) (Russian), експло̀зӣв [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), запорник [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), eksplòzīv [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zapornik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zapórnik [masculine] (Slovene), oclusiva [feminine] (Spanish), klusil (Swedish), âm tắc (Vietnamese), ffrwydrolyn [masculine] (Welsh)
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Inflected forms

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      "form": "plosivest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "more",
        "2": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "plosive (comparative more plosive or plosiver, superlative most plosive or plosivest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Phonetics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phonetics",
          "phonetics"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(phonetics) Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpləʊsɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpləʊzɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "plō'sĭv",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "plō'zĭv",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈploʊsɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈploʊzɪv/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-plosive.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/En-us-plosive.oga/En-us-plosive.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/En-us-plosive.oga"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊsɪv"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izbušen",
      "sense": "produced from opening a previously closed oral passage",
      "word": "избушен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "produced from opening a previously closed oral passage",
      "word": "závěrový"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "produced from opening a previously closed oral passage",
      "word": "ražený"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "produced from opening a previously closed oral passage",
      "word": "ffrwydrol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plosive"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": obstruent vs. smýčnyj",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "plosive",
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}

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