postalveolar
Spanish, adjective/postalbeoˈlaɾ/
postalveolar is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “postalveolar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que se pronuncia articulando la lengua y la zona posterior de los alvéolos de los incisivos superiores”.
What does postalveolar mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que se pronuncia articulando la lengua y la zona posterior de los alvéolos de los incisivos superiores.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of postalveolar
- postalveolares feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce postalveolar?
- /postalbeoˈlaɾ/
- [pos.t̪al.β̞e.oˈlaɾ]
- [post̪alβ̞eoˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.