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postvocalic

post·vo·cal·ic
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pohst-voh-kal-ik]
    • /ˌpoʊst voʊˈkæl ɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pohst-voh-kal-ik]
    • /ˌpoʊst voʊˈkæl ɪk/

Definitions of postvocalic word

  • adjective postvocalic immediately following a vowel. 1
  • adjective postvocalic following a vowel 0
See all 2 definitions of postvocalic

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Origin of postvocalic

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95; post- + vocalic

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Parts of speech for Postvocalic

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Postvocalic

postvocalic popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

postvocalic usage trend in Literature

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Related words

  • linking r

    the r- sound as reintroduced into an utterance where there is an r in the spelling by speakers of an r- dropping dialect when a postvocalic r they would normally drop, as in the pronunciation of far as [fah] /fɑ/ (Show IPA) becomes intervocalic, as in far away pronounced as [fahr-uh-wey] /ˈfɑr əˈweɪ/ (Show IPA).

  • r-dropping

    (of certain pronunciations of English) characterized by the absence of the sound (r) in postvocalic position in the same syllable, as often encountered in speech identified with the southern and eastern United States and with most of England; r-less.
All related words to postvocalic

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