plosive

English

Etymology

Clipping of explosive.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpləʊsɪv/, /ˈpləʊzɪv/
(US) enPR: plō'sĭv, plō'zĭv, IPA^(key): /ˈploʊsɪv/, /ˈploʊzɪv/

Noun

Examples (English)
/p/ in pug

plosive (plural plosives)

(phonetics) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
Synonyms: stop, occlusive

Hypernyms: consonant, obstruent

Related terms

plosion

Translations

consonant

Armenian: պայթական (hy) (paytʿakan), հպական (hy) (hpakan)
Catalan: oclusiva f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞音 (zh) (sèyīn, sàiyīn)
Czech: exploziva f, okluziva 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: Verschlußlaut (de) m, Verschlusslaut (de) m, Explosiv (de) m, Plosiv (de) m
Hungarian: zárhang

Icelandic: lokhljóð (is) n
Italian: occlusiva f
Japanese: 破裂音 (はれつおん, haretsuon)
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)

Adjective

plosive (comparative more plosive, superlative most plosive)

(phonetics) Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.

Derived terms

French

Noun

plosive f (plural plosives)

plosive

Adjective

plosive

feminine singular of plosif

German

Adjective

plosive

inflection of plosiv:
1. strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
2. strong nominative and accusative plural
3. weak nominative all-gender singular
4. weak accusative feminine and neuter singular

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