Meanings
adjectiveprelingual (comparative more prelingual, superlative most prelingual)
comparative more prelingual · superlative most prelingual
- Before learning language.
The prelingual deaf often learn audible speech very well.
2001, Priscilla Ebersole, Patricia A. Hess, Geriatric nursing and healthy aging
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with prelingual
bilingualmultilinguallingualsublingualmonolingualtrilingualunilingualalveololingualambilingualanterolingualapicolingualaudiolingualaxiolingualbrevilingualbuccolingualcervicolingualcolingualcrosslingualdecalingualdentilingualdistolingualdorsolingualequilingualexolingual
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APA
prelingual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prelingual
MLA
“prelingual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prelingual. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prelingual,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prelingual.
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