Dictionary

postvocalic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌpəʊstvəʊˈkælɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- French vocal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French vocaliquebor. English vocalic English postvocalic From post- + vocalic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) (Of a phoneme) occurring after a vowel.
   • Final post-vocalic /r/ in farmer in English rural dialects of the 1950s (captioning a linguistic map).

Deriveds

postvocalically

Relateds

prevocalic · non-prevocalic · intervocalic

Translations (4)

de postvokalisch (following a vowel) · fr postvocalique (following a vowel) · cy ôl-lafarog (following a vowel) · pl postwokaliczny (following a vowel)