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prevocalic.

Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌpɹiː.vəʊˈkæl.ɪk/Received-Pronunciation/ˌpɹi.voʊˈkæl.ɪk/Canada, General-American/ˌpɹiː.vəʉˈkæl.ɪk/Australia/ˌpɹiː.vɐʉˈkɛl.ək/New-Zealand
  1. Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound

    not-comparable
    Examples that may be used to teach those with articulatory and phonological impairments the prevocalic /r/ sound are: run, race, rain, tree, and spray.
Where this word comes from

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- 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.

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