Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prelingual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prelin-gual
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before learning language.

adj

anterior to the tongue

Example Sentences

Etymology

From pre- + lingual.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more prelingual (comparative) most prelingual (superlative)

Derived Forms

prelingually

Frequently Paired Words

prelinguistic

Rhymes With

bilingual multilingual lingual monolingual sublingual trilingual unilingual interlingual quadrilingual polylingual omnilingual buccolingual

Questions

What does prelingual mean?
Before learning language.
Where does prelingual come from?
From pre- + lingual.

How to pronounce prelingual

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