Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postvocalic

/ˌpəʊstvəʊˈkælɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: postvo-cal-ic
IPA: /ˌpəʊstvəʊˈkælɪk/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

(Of a phoneme) occurring after a vowel.

Example Sentences

"Final post-vocalic /r/ in farmer in English rural dialects of the 1950s (captioning a linguistic map)."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- French vocal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French vocaliquebor. English vocalic English postvocalic From post- + vocalic.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌpəʊstvəʊˈkælɪk/

Derived Forms

postvocalically

Phrases

non-prevocalic

Frequently Paired Words

intervocalic prevocalic non-prevocalic

Questions

How do you pronounce postvocalic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpəʊstvəʊˈkælɪk/.
What does postvocalic mean?: (Of a phoneme) occurring after a vowel.
Where does postvocalic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- French vocal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French vocaliquebor. English vocalic English postvocalic From post- + vocalic.

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