Usually means: Occurring before a vowel sound.
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  1. prevocalic: Merriam-Webster
  2. prevocalic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. prevocalic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. prevocalic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. prevocalic: Wiktionary
  6. prevocalic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. prevocalic: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. prevocalic: Dictionary.com
  9. prevocalic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (phonetics) Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound

Similar:
praevocalic, prevocal, postvocalic, preconsonantal, antevocalic, preinitial, prephonatory, prefricative, prephonetic, anteconsonantal, more...

Opposite:
postvocalic, intervocalic, coda

Types:
bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, postalveolar, palatal, velar, uvular, pharyngeal, more...

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Similar:
praevocalic, prevocal, postvocalic, preconsonantal, antevocalic, preinitial, prephonatory, prefricative, prephonetic, anteconsonantal, more...

Opposite:
postvocalic, intervocalic, coda

Types:
bilabial, labiodental, dental, alveolar, postalveolar, palatal, velar, uvular, pharyngeal, more...



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