prevocalic

English

Alternative forms

• praevocalic (rare)

Etymology

From pre- +‎ vocalic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiː.vəʊˈkæl.ɪk/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹi.voʊˈkæl.ɪk/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiː.vəʉˈkæl.ɪk/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiː.vɐʉˈkɛl.ək/

Adjective

prevocalic (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound

   Synonym: antevocalic

   The word "an" is the prevocalic form of the word "a".

Antonyms

• non-prevocalic
• preconsonantal, anteconsonantal
• postvocalic

Derived terms

• non-prevocalic
• prevocalically

Related terms

• intervocalic
• postvocalic

Translations

preceding a vowel

Finnish: vokaalia edeltävä French: prévocalique (fr) German: prävokalisch Romanian: prevocalic Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: prevocálico Welsh: rhaglafarog