"prevocalic" meaning in English

See prevocalic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌpɹiː.vəʊˈkæl.ɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpɹi.voʊˈkæl.ɪk/ [Canada, General-American], /ˌpɹiː.vəʉˈkæl.ɪk/ [Australia], /ˌpɹiː.vɐʉˈkɛl.ək/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-prevocalic.wav [US] Forms: praevocalic [alternative, rare]
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  1. (phonetics) Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: antevocalic Derived forms: non-prevocalic, prevocalically Related terms: intervocalic, postvocalic Translations (preceding a vowel): vokaalia edeltävä (Finnish), prévocalique (French), prävokalisch (German), prewokaliczny (Polish), prevocalic (Romanian), prevocálico (Spanish), rhaglafarog (Welsh)

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *per-\nProto-Indo-European *preh₂-\nProto-Indo-European *-i\nProto-Indo-European *préh₂i?\nProto-Italic *prai\nProto-Italic *prai-\nLatin prae-lbor.\nMiddle English pre-\nEnglish pre-\nFrench vocal\nProto-Indo-European *-ikos\nProto-Italic *-ikos\nLatin -icuslbor.\nOld French -ique\nMiddle French -ique\nFrench -ique\nFrench vocaliquebor.\nEnglish vocalic\nEnglish prevocalic\nFrom pre- + vocalic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "praevocalic",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "prevocalic (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "intervocalic"
    },
    {
      "word": "postvocalic"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with etymology texts",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preh₂-",
        "English terms prefixed with pre-",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Requests for date in English entries",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
        "en:Phonetics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              92,
              102
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Examples that may be used to teach those with articulatory and phonological impairments the prevocalic /r/ sound are: run, race, rain, tree, and spray.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "phonetics",
          "phonetics"
        ],
        [
          "preceding",
          "preceding"
        ],
        [
          "vowel",
          "vowel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(phonetics) Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "antevocalic"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɹiː.vəʊˈkæl.ɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɹi.voʊˈkæl.ɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-prevocalic.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-prevocalic.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-prevocalic.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɹiː.vəʉˈkæl.ɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɹiː.vɐʉˈkɛl.ək/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "preceding a vowel",
      "word": "vokaalia edeltävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "preceding a vowel",
      "word": "prévocalique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "preceding a vowel",
      "word": "prävokalisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "preceding a vowel",
      "word": "prewokaliczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "preceding a vowel",
      "word": "prevocalic"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "preceding a vowel",
      "word": "prevocálico"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "preceding a vowel",
      "word": "rhaglafarog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prevocalic"
}

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