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prevocalic

adj
/ˌpɹiː.vəʊˈkæl.ɪk/UK/ˌpɹi.voʊˈkæl.ɪk/CA/ˌpɹiː.vəʉˈkæl.ɪk/

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.

  1. derived from vocalic English prevocalic From pre- + vocalic
  2. derived from -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French vocaliquebor
  3. derived from vocal French vocal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor
  4. derived from *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor✻
  5. derived from *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der✻
  6. derived from pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der
  7. derived from *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor✻

Definitions

  1. Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound

    • Examples that may be used to teach those with articulatory and phonological impairments the prevocalic /r/ sound are: run, race, rain, tree, and spray.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prevocalic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA