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Meaning of applosive | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/əˈpləʊ.sɪv/

Definitions

An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.

Examples

“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).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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