cacuminal

1. 1.

   pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate

   Synonymsretroflex

   Similarbackward

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Questions about cacuminal

What does cacuminal mean?

cacuminal means "pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate".

How many syllables are in cacuminal?

cacuminal has 4 syllables and divides as ca-cu-mi-nal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cacuminal?

Close synonyms include retroflex. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.