Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ingressive

/ɪnˈɡɹɛsɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: in-gres-sive
IPA: /ɪnˈɡɹɛsɪv/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Going or directed inward, entering.

adj

Open to entry or examination.

adj

Uttered by drawing air inward through the mouth or nose.

adj

Aspectually indicating that an action is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.

adj

Being a source or channel through which water enters or once entered an area.

noun

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

Example Sentences

"The chances that your Internet activity is being monitored are low, despite the ingressive nature of the modern Internet environment."
"Another feature of Icelandic pronunciation that many learners remark on is that sometimes words, and even larger parts of sentences, are pronounced while inhaling (a phenomenon known as pulmonic ingressive pronunciation)."
"This spring is the ingressive source of the water that flows through the cave."

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin ingressusbor. English ingress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English ingressive From ingress + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more ingressive (comparative) most ingressive (superlative) ingressives (plural)

Derived Forms

ingressively ingressiveness

Phrases

nasal-ingressive

Antonyms

egressive

Rhymes With

impressive progressive aggressive past progressive future progressive present progressive past perfect progressive future perfect progressive excessive successive passive-aggressive oppressive

Questions

How do you pronounce ingressive?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈɡɹɛsɪv/.
What does ingressive mean?: Going or directed inward, entering.
Where does ingressive come from?: Etymology tree Latin ingressusbor. English ingress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English ingressive From ingress + -ive.

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