English Explanatory Dictionary

cacuminal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to a point, top, or crown.
  2. Pronounced using a concave or retroflexed tongue; occasionally palatal sounds more generally.
noun
  1. A sound pronounced using a retroflexed tongue.

Pronunciation

/kəˈkjuːmənəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cacuminal.wav

Word forms

cacuminal more cacuminal most cacuminal cacuminals

Etymology

From cacūmin- (the stem of the Latin cacūmen (“extremity, point, peak”) + -al.

Derived words

cacuminalization
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