prevocalic
/ˌpriːvoʊˈkælɪk/
adjective
- Occurring before a vowel; placed or used immediately before a vowel sound.
- Linguists study prevocalic sounds to understand how languages change over time.
- In English, the article 'an' is used before prevocalic words like 'apple'.
- The prevocalic consonant in 'cat' is the 'c' sound.
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