What does plosive consonant mean?

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plo·sive con·so·nant

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosivenoun

    a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

    "his stop consonants are too aspirated"

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  1. plosive consonant

    In phonetics, a plosive, also known as an occlusive or simply a stop, is a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases. The occlusion may be made with the tongue tip or blade ([t], [d]), tongue body ([k], [ɡ]), lips ([p], [b]), or glottis ([ʔ]). Plosives contrast with nasals, where the vocal tract is blocked but airflow continues through the nose, as in /m/ and /n/, and with fricatives, where partial occlusion impedes but does not block airflow in the vocal tract.

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  1. plosive consonant

    A plosive consonant is a type of speech sound that is made by completely blocking a part of the mouth's airflow and then releasing it. They are categorized as a type of stop consonant and include sounds like 'p', 'b', 't', 'd', 'k', and 'g' in English. The blocking and release cause an audible puff of air, or plosion, which gives these consonants their name.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of plosive consonant in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of plosive consonant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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  • प्लोसिव व्यंजनHindi

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