Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretonal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-t-on-al
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"The -u- and -o- in suntsòrra and tsontsòrra could be the result of pretonal vowel assimilation, but this still leaves us with Bittese tsontsikòrra 'earwig', for which assimilation is not a satisfactory explanation."

Etymology

From pre- + tonal.

Questions

What does pretonal mean?: pretonic
Where does pretonal come from?: From pre- + tonal.

How to pronounce pretonal

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