postvocalic

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ vocalic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpəʊstvəʊˈkælɪk/

Adjective

postvocalic (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) (Of a phoneme) occurring after a vowel.

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

Derived terms

• postvocalically

Related terms

• intervocalic
• prevocalic

Translations

following a vowel

• French: postvocalique (fr)
• German: postvokalisch
• Polish: postwokaliczny
• Welsh: ôl-lafarog

See also

• non-prevocalic
• Rhotic and non-rhotic accents on Wikipedia.Wikipedia