POST-ALVEOLAR CONSONANT
(noun)Definitions
There is 1 meaning of the phrase
Post-Alveolar Consonant.
Post-Alveolar Consonant - as a noun
(phonetics) any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.
Example: "The sibilant postalveolars (i.e. fricatives and affricates) are sometimes called "hush consonants" because they include the sound of english shhh! (as distinguished from the "hiss consonant" [s], as in ssss!)."
Synonyms (Exact Relations)
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"English has several post-alveolar consonants, including the sounds /ʃ/ (as in "ship") and /ʒ/ (as in "measure")."
"In Mandarin Chinese, the pinyin letter "x" represents a post-alveolar consonant."
"The post-alveolar consonants in Polish include the sounds /ɕ/ (as in "kiść") and /ʑ/ (as in "żółty")."
"The Hindi language has a post-alveolar consonant represented by the letter "श" (sh)."
"She struggled to pronounce the post-alveolar consonant correctly."
