prevocalic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound

Pronunciation

/ˌpɹiː.vəʊˈkæl.ɪk/ /ˌpɹi.voʊˈkæl.ɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-prevocalic.wav /ˌpɹiː.vəʉˈkæl.ɪk/ /ˌpɹiː.vɐʉˈkɛl.ək/

Word forms

prevocalic praevocalic

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Old French vocal French vocal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French vocaliquebor. English vocalic English prevocalic From pre- + vocalic.

Synonyms

antevocalic

Antonyms

non-prevocalic preconsonantal anteconsonantal postvocalic

Related words

intervocalic postvocalic

Derived words

non-prevocalic prevocalically

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