egressive

English

Adjective

egressive

  1. Going or directed outward.
  2. (phonetics, of a speech sound) Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.
  3. (geology) descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.
    This ancient wash was an egressive channel that once drained a lake.

Antonyms

Noun

egressive (plural egressives)

  1. (phonetics) A speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.

Antonyms


German

Adjective

egressive

  1. inflected form of egressiv

Italian

Adjective

egressive

  1. feminine plural of egressivo
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