Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpləʊsɪv/, /ˈpləʊzɪv/
- (US) enPR: plō'sĭv, plō'zĭv, IPA(key): /ˈploʊsɪv/, /ˈploʊzɪv/
- Rhymes: -əʊsɪv
Noun
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plosive (plural plosives)
- (phonetics) A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
- Synonyms: stop, occlusive
- Hypernyms: consonant, obstruent
Translations
consonant
- Arabic: اِنْفْجَارِي m (infjārī), صَوْت اِنْفِجَارِي m (ṣawt infijārī)
- Armenian: պայթական (hy) (paytʻakan), հպական (hy) (hpakan)
- Catalan: oclusiva f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 塞音 (zh) (sèyīn, sàiyīn), 破裂音 (zh) (pòlièyīn)
- Czech: exploziva f, okluziva f, závěrová/ražená souhláska f
- Danish: lukkelyd c, klusil c
- Dutch: occlusief (nl), plosief (nl), plofklank (nl)
- Finnish: klusiili (fi)
- French: occlusif (fr) m
- Georgian: ხშული (xšuli), ხშულ-მსკდომი (xšul-msḳdomi)
- German: Plosiv (de) m, Verschlusslaut (de) m, Explosiv (de) m
- Hungarian: zárhang (hu)
- Icelandic: lokhljóð (is) n
- Italian: occlusiva f
- Japanese: 破裂音 (ja) (はれつおん, haretsuon)
- Korean: 파열음 (ko) (payeoreum)
- Norwegian: plosiv
- Portuguese: oclusiva f, plosiva f
- Romanian: oclusivă (ro) f
- Russian: взрывно́й (ru) m (vzryvnój) (звук), смы́чный (ru) (smýčnyj) (obstruent)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: експло̀зӣв m, запорник m
- Roman: eksplòzīv (sh) m, zapornik (sh) m
- Slovene: zapórnik (sl) m
- Spanish: oclusiva (es) f
- Swedish: klusil (sv)
- Vietnamese: âm tắc
- Welsh: ffrwydrolyn m
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