prevocalic
adjUK /ˌpɹiː.vəʊˈkæl.ɪk/ · CA, US /ˌpɹi.voʊˈkæl.ɪk/
Etymology From pre- + vocalic.
1
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences 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.
- Antonyms
- non-prevocalic, preconsonantal, anteconsonantal, postvocalic
- Derived terms
- non-prevocalic, prevocalically
- Related terms
- intervocalic, postvocalic