postvocalic

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UK/ˌpəʊstvəʊˈkælɪk/

adjective

(Of a phoneme) occurring after a vowel.

“Final post-vocalic /r/ in farmer in English rural dialects of the 1950s (captioning a linguistic map).”

OriginEnglish vocalic ← French vocalique ← Latin post →
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Meanings

adjectivepostvocalic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciences(Of a phoneme) occurring after a vowel.

    Final post-vocalic /r/ in farmer in English rural dialects of the 1950s (captioning a linguistic map).

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Frenchvocal
  8. Frenchvocalique
  9. Englishvocalic
  10. Englishpostvocalic

From post- + vocalic.

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Translations

French postvocalique
  • postvocaliquefollowing a vowel
German postvokalisch
  • postvokalischfollowing a vowel
Polish postwokaliczny
  • postwokalicznyfollowing a vowel
Welsh ôl-lafarog
  • ôl-lafarogfollowing a vowel
Cite this entry
APA

postvocalic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postvocalic

MLA

“postvocalic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postvocalic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postvocalic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postvocalic.

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