prevocalic

English

Alternative forms

praevocalic (rare)

Etymology

pre- +‎ vocalic

Adjective

prevocalic (not comparable)

(phonetics) Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound
The word "an" is the prevocalic form of the word "a".

Antonyms

preconsonantal

Derived terms

prevocalically

Related terms

Translations

preceding a vowel

Finnish: vokaalia edeltävä

Russian: please add this translation if you can

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