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non-prevocalic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /nɒnˌpɹiːvəʊˈkælɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- 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 English non-prevocalic From non- + prevocalic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) (Of a phoneme) occurring before a consonant or pause but not occurring before a vowel, as in rhotic dialects.

Relateds

postvocalic