retroflection

Other forms of retroflection

plural

retroflections·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about retroflection

What does retroflection mean?

retroflection means "a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in retroflection?

retroflection has 5 syllables: re-tro-flec-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for retroflection?

Close synonyms include retroversion, retroflexion, retroflexion, retroflexion. 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.

Is retroflection a common word?

retroflection is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.