nonvocalic

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adjective

Not vocalic; not used as a vowel

OriginEnglish vocalic ← French vocalique ← Middle English non- →
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Meanings

adjectivenonvocalic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot vocalic; not used as a vowel
  2. not comparablerarenonverbal or nonvocal

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. Frenchvocal
  15. Frenchvocalique
  16. Englishvocalic
  17. Englishnonvocalic

From non- + vocalic.

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APA

nonvocalic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonvocalic

MLA

“nonvocalic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonvocalic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonvocalic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonvocalic.

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