non-prevocalic

UK/nɒnˌpɹiːvəʊˈkælɪk/

adjective

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

OriginEnglish prevocalic ← French vocalique ← Middle English pre- →
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Meanings

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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  17. Proto-Italic*prai
  18. Proto-Italic*prai-
  19. Latinprae-
  20. Middle Englishpre-
  21. Englishpre-
  22. Frenchvocal
  23. Frenchvocalique
  24. Englishvocalic
  25. Englishprevocalic
  26. Englishnon-prevocalic

From non- + prevocalic.

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APA

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Chicago

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