English Explanatory Dictionary

preocclusion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Prior to occlusion.
noun
  1. The (phonological process, seen for example in Manx, of) insertion of a short stop before a sonorant, such as a [d] before an [n] or [l] (resulting in the preoccluded consonants [ᵈn] and [ᵈl]).

Word forms

preocclusion pre-occlusion

Etymology

From pre- + occlusion.

Synonyms

prestopping pre-stopping preplosion

Related words

pre-occluded preoccluded prestopped pre-stopped preploded
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