Ingressive Definition

ĭn-grĕsĭv
adjective
Having to do with ingress.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
Inchoative.
American Heritage
Of or being a speech sound produced with an inhalation of breath.
American Heritage

Going or directed inward, entering.

Wiktionary
noun

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

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Other Word Forms of Ingressive

Noun

Singular:
ingressive
Plural:
ingressives

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