Occlusive — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

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

tending to occlude

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/əklˈuːsɪv/

🇬🇧British English

/əklˈuːsɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/əklˈuːsɪv/

3 syllables Say it as /əklˈuːsɪv/.

Examples

his stop consonants are too aspirated

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

stop consonant plosive speech sound plosive consonant plosive stop

Antonyms

continuant consonant

Parts of Speech

noun	a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it “his stop consonants are too aspirated”
adjective	tending to occlude

Word Forms

occlusive	adjective	tending to occlude
occlusive	noun	a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
occlude	verb	block passage through

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

okklusiv

ein Konsonant, der dadurch entsteht, dass der Luftstrom an einem bestimmten Punkt gestoppt und plötzlich wieder freigegeben wird

🇫🇷French

occlusif

une consonne produite en arrêtant le flux d'air à un moment donné et en le relâchant soudainement

🇪🇸Spanish

oclusivo

una consonante producida al detener el flujo de aire en algún momento y soltarlo repentinamente

🇮🇹Italian

occlusivo

una consonante prodotta interrompendo il flusso d'aria ad un certo punto e rilasciandolo improvvisamente

🇳🇱Dutch

occlusief

een medeklinker die wordt geproduceerd door op een gegeven moment de luchtstroom te stoppen en deze plotseling los te laten

🇵🇹Portuguese

oclusivo

uma consoante produzida pela interrupção do fluxo de ar em algum ponto e liberando-o repentinamente

🇷🇺Russian

окклюзионный

согласный звук, получаемый путем остановки потока воздуха в какой-то момент и внезапного его выпуска

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पूर्णावरोधक

वायु के प्रवाह को किसी बिंदु पर रोककर अचानक छोड़ देने से उत्पन्न व्यंजन

🇮🇳Tamil

மறைவான

ஒரு கட்டத்தில் காற்றின் ஓட்டத்தை நிறுத்தி திடீரென வெளியிடுவதன் மூலம் உற்பத்தி செய்யப்படும் மெய்

🇮🇳Telugu

మూసుకుపోయిన

ఏదో ఒక సమయంలో గాలి ప్రవాహాన్ని ఆపడం మరియు అకస్మాత్తుగా విడుదల చేయడం ద్వారా ఉత్పత్తి చేయబడిన హల్లు

🇮🇳Gujarati

સમાવિષ્ટ

અમુક સમયે હવાના પ્રવાહને અટકાવીને અને અચાનક તેને મુક્ત કરીને ઉત્પન્ન થયેલ વ્યંજન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮುಚ್ಚಿದ

ಕೆಲವು ಹಂತದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಾಳಿಯ ಹರಿವನ್ನು ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿ ಮತ್ತು ಇದ್ದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಅದನ್ನು ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಉತ್ಪತ್ತಿಯಾಗುವ ವ್ಯಂಜನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അടഞ്ഞ

ഒരു ഘട്ടത്തിൽ വായുവിൻ്റെ ഒഴുക്ക് നിർത്തി പെട്ടെന്ന് പുറത്തുവിടുന്നതിലൂടെ ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന ഒരു വ്യഞ്ജനാക്ഷരം

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

闭塞的

空气流动在某个时刻停止然后突然释放而产生的辅音

🇯🇵Japanese

閉塞的な

ある時点で空気の流れを止め、突然放出することによって生成される子音

🇰🇷Korean

폐쇄적인

어느 순간 공기의 흐름을 멈췄다가 갑자기 풀어서 내는 자음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tắc nghẽn

một phụ âm được tạo ra bằng cách dừng luồng không khí tại một thời điểm nào đó và đột ngột giải phóng nó

🇹🇭Thai

บดบัง

พยัญชนะที่เกิดจากการหยุดการไหลของอากาศ ณ จุดใดจุดหนึ่งแล้วปล่อยออกกะทันหัน

🇮🇩Indonesian

oklusif

konsonan yang dihasilkan dengan menghentikan aliran udara di suatu titik dan melepaskannya secara tiba-tiba

🇲🇾Malay

oklusif

konsonan yang dihasilkan dengan menghentikan aliran udara pada satu ketika dan secara tiba-tiba melepaskannya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

انسداد

حرف ساكن ينتج عن إيقاف تدفق الهواء في مرحلة ما وإطلاقه فجأة

🇮🇷Persian

انسدادی

صامتی که با توقف جریان هوا در نقطه ای و آزاد شدن ناگهانی آن تولید می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

tıkayıcı

hava akışının bir noktada durdurulup aniden serbest bırakılmasıyla üretilen bir ünsüz

🇮🇱Hebrew

חסימה

עיצור שנוצר על ידי עצירת זרימת האוויר בשלב מסוים ושחרורו לפתע

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The primary meaning of 'occlusive' is 'a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it'.

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Using 'occlusive' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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