Meanings
adverbintervocalically (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesbetween vowels
It should moreover be noted that there are no clear cases in which an original voiceless stop is first voiced intervocalically and then acquires a preceding nasal, as would have to be assumed to explain Srd. tsing- < *tseng- from It. ceca.
2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 215
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- Frenchvocal
- Frenchvocalique
- Englishvocalic
- Englishintervocalic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishintervocalically
From intervocalic + -ally.
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intervocalically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intervocalically
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