postconsonantal

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adjective

Following or occurring after a consonant.

“Coordinate term: postvocalic”

Opposite
preconsonantal
OriginEnglish consonantal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English consonant →
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Meanings

adjectivepostconsonantal (not comparable)

alternative post-consonantal

  1. not comparableFollowing or occurring after a consonant.

    Coordinate term: postvocalic

    2 more examples

    […] -able does not attach to verbs ending in a postconsonantal liquid […]

    1999, Ingo Plag, Morphological Productivity, page 86

    This reconstructed *fra/umíu could in turn go back to earlier *fla/umíu[…] The distinction between postconsonantal -l- and -r- is only preserved in Baunei, for which this specific word is unfortunately not attested.

    2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 124

    Antonyms: preconsonantal

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFollowing or occurring after a consonant.

Opposite
preconsonantal

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*swenh₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*swonh₂éyeti
  14. Proto-Italic*swonaō
  15. Latinsonō
  16. Latincōnsonō
  17. Latincōnsonāns
  18. Old Frenchconsonant
  19. Middle Englishconsonant
  20. Englishconsonant
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  23. Englishconsonantal
  24. Englishpostconsonantal

From post- + consonantal.

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Translations

French postconsonantique
  • postconsonantiqueTranslations
Polish postkonsonantalny
  • postkonsonantalnyTranslations
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APA

postconsonantal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postconsonantal

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“postconsonantal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postconsonantal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postconsonantal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postconsonantal.

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