prevocalic

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prevocalic

/ˌpɹiː.vəʊˈkæl.ɪk/ UK
/ˌpɹi.voʊˈkæl.ɪk/ Canada, US
/ˌpɹiː.vəʉˈkæl.ɪk/ Australia
/ˌpɹiː.vɐʉˈkɛl.ək/ New Zealand

adjective praevocalic

not comparable Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound Examples that may be used to teach those with articulatory and phonological impairments the prevocalic /r/ sound are: run, race, rain, tree, and spray.
Similar: antevocalic

Opposite: non-prevocalic, preconsonantal, anteconsonantal, postvocalic

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adjective

Opposite: non-prevocalic, preconsonantal, anteconsonantal, postvocalic

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adj preceding a vowel

Español	prevocálico
Français	prévocalique
Deutsch	prävokalisch
Română	prevocalic

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@misc{prevocalic_2026,
  title = {prevocalic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prevocalic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}