rétroflexe

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rētrōflexus, the perfect participle of rētrōflectō (“bend, turn”), from flectō (“bend, turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.tʁɔ.flɛks/

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Adjective

rétroflexe (plural rétroflexes)

1. retroflex

Further reading

• “rétroflexe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.