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Egressive
A speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
📖 Definitions of "Egressive"
noun
- 1
A speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
adjective
- 1
Going or directed outward.
- 2
(of a speech sound) Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
- 3
Descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.
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