presyllabic

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adjective

Prior to the use or understanding of syllables.

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Meanings

adjectivepresyllabic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePrior to the use or understanding of syllables.

    In the blending and segmentation tasks, for example, presyllabic children could sometimes segment syllables, even if they did not use them when they wrote independently.

    2007, Mark Torrance, Luuk van Waes, David Galbraith, Writing and Cognition, page 199

Origin

From pre- + syllabic.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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