Dictionary

preconsonantal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pɹi.kɒn.səˈnæn.təl/

Etymology

From pre- + consonant + -al.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Immediately preceding a consonant or consonant sound.
   • Thus, whereas practically all Caribbean speakers [of Spanish] aspirate preconsonantal and word-final /s/ [pronouncing it as [h]] to a certain extent (except, perhaps, for some radio announcers), this is a highly variable process and the highest indices of aspiration and deletion of /s/ are found in the most colloquial styles. 2005, José Ignacio Hualde, The Sounds of Spanish, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 28:

Forms

Antonyms

postconsonantal · non-preconsonantal

Deriveds

preconsonantally

Synonyms

anteconsonantal

Translations (2)

pl prekonsonantalny (Translations) · fr préconsonantique (Translations)