Cacuminal Definition
kə-kyo͝omə-nəl
adjective
Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned backward and upward against or toward the hard palate.
Webster's New World
(linguistics, phonology) Pronounced using a retroflexed tongue.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
A cacuminal sound.
Webster's New World
(linguistics, phonology) A sound pronounced using a retroflexed tongue.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Cacuminal
Noun
Singular:
cacuminal
Plural:
cacuminalsOrigin of Cacuminal
From cacūmin- (the stem of the Latin cacūmen (“extremity, point, peak”) + -al
From Wiktionary
From Latin cacūmen cacūmin- summit, point
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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