prevocalic

• praevocalic (rare)

From pre- +‎ vocalic.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiː.vəʊˈkæl.ɪk/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹi.voʊˈkæl.ɪk/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiː.vəʉˈkæl.ɪk/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiː.vɐʉˈkɛl.ək/

prevocalic (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound

   Synonym: antevocalic

   The word "an" is the prevocalic form of the word "a".

• non-prevocalic
• preconsonantal, anteconsonantal
• postvocalic

• non-prevocalic
• prevocalically

• intervocalic
• postvocalic