applosive

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UK/əˈpləʊ.sɪv/US/əˈploʊ.sɪv/

noun

An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.

OriginEnglish plosive ← Latin explōs- ← Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-d- →
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Meanings

nounapplosive (plural applosives)

plural applosives

  1. human sciencesAn unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.

    Our recent fiber-optic studies on applosives (unreleased plosives) in the word-final position in Fukienese, a dialect of southern China, revealed interesting findings on larygeneal adjustment (Iwata et al., 1979).

    1983, Peter F. MacNeilage, editor, The Production of Speech, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  8. Proto-Italic*eks
  9. Latinex
  10. Latinex-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-u-h₂-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-u-d-
  16. Latinplaudō
  17. Latinexplodō
  18. Latinexplōs-
  19. Englishexplosiveclip.
  20. Englishplosive
  21. Englishapplosive

From a- + plosive.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with applosive

plosivenocive
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Cite this entry
APA

applosive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applosive

MLA

“applosive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applosive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “applosive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applosive.

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