prevocalic

Contents

English

Alternative forms

• praevocalic (rare)

Etymology

pre- +‎ vocalic

Adjective

prevocalic (not comparable)

1. (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

• intervocalic
• postvocalic

Translations

preceding a vowel

• Finnish: vokaalia edeltävä

• Russian: please add this translation if you can