"retroflex" meaning in Swedish

See retroflex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /rɛtrʊˈflɛks/
Etymology: From English retroflex Etymology templates: {{der|sv|en|retroflex}} English retroflex Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|not comparable|||absre||absst||f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} retroflex (not comparable), {{sv-adj|abs}} retroflex (not comparable) Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], retroflex [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], - [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], - [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], retroflext [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], - [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], - [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], retroflexa [indefinite, plural, positive], - [comparative, indefinite, plural], - [indefinite, plural, superlative], retroflexe [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], - [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], - [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], retroflexe [definite, masculine, positive, singular], - [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], - [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], retroflexa [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], - [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], - [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. (phonology, phonetics) retroflex Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-retroflex-sv-adj-55MOI1Kq Categories (other): Phonetics, Phonology, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

Noun

IPA: /rɛtrʊˈflɛks/
Etymology: From English retroflex Etymology templates: {{der|sv|en|retroflex}} English retroflex Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} retroflex c, {{sv-noun|c}} retroflex c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], retroflex [indefinite, nominative, singular], retroflex [genitive, indefinite, singular], retroflexen [definite, nominative, singular], retroflexens [definite, genitive, singular], retroflexer [indefinite, nominative, plural], retroflexers [genitive, indefinite, plural], retroflexerna [definite, nominative, plural], retroflexernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (phonetics, phonology) retroflex consonant Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-retroflex-sv-noun-B-L7hjfd Categories (other): Phonetics, Phonology, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
     
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Download raw JSONL data for retroflex meaning in Swedish (5.4kB)

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  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-10-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-10-01 using wiktextract (19bd8d3 and 1ab82da). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.