Plosive (Noun)
Meaning
A consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The linguist explained that the letter "p" is a voiceless plosive sound, which means it is produced by a sudden burst of air.
- In phonetics, the plosive /t/ is typically aspirated when it appears at the beginning of a word.
- Some languages have a glottal plosive, which is formed by obstructing the airflow with the vocal cords.
- He struggled to pronounce the voiced plosive /b/ correctly, which made his speech sound unpleasant.
- The child was having trouble articulating the plosive sounds /k/ and /g/, so she needed extra practice.