noun
- plural of ingressive; sounds produced while breathing inward
Usage: linguistics; phonetics
Examples
- The linguist studied ingressives in several Scandinavian languages.
- Some speakers use ingressives to express agreement or acknowledgment.
- Ingressives are less common than sounds made during exhalation.
- The researcher recorded examples of ingressives in casual conversation.
- Danish and Swedish commonly feature ingressives in everyday speech.