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How to pronounce “plosive”
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Pronunciation guide for plosive
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of plosive with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 1 YouTube example
- Real speech example
- Kate Lister: An honest history of an ancient and "nasty" word
all rolling through the word until they're stopped in that plosive T
- Definition summary
- (phonetics) A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
Example 1 of 1
How to pronounce plosive
Kate Lister: An honest history of an ancient and "nasty" word

all rolling through the word until they're stopped in that plosive T
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “plosive”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (phonetics) A speech sound produced by opening a closed vocal tract.
- [Adjective]
- (phonetics) Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.
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