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postconsonantal

postconsonantal adjective: following or occurring after a consonant.

Adjective

postconsonantal (not comparable)

  1. Following or occurring after a consonant.
    • Coordinate term: postvocalic
    • […] -able does not attach to verbs ending in a postconsonantal liquid […]1999, Ingo Plag, Morphological Productivity, page 86
    Antonyms:
    preconsonantal

Antonyms of postconsonantal

Forms of postconsonantal

alternative formpost-consonantal

Origin of postconsonantal

From post- + consonantal.

Words formed from postconsonantal

Questions about postconsonantal

What does postconsonantal mean?
Postconsonantal means following or occurring after a consonant.
What part of speech is postconsonantal?
Postconsonantal is an adjective.

Words near postconsonantal in the dictionary

  1. postconfluent
  2. postconnubial
  3. postconquest
  4. postconscious
  5. postconsolidation
  6. postconsonantal
  7. postconsonantally
  8. postconspiracy
  9. postconstitutional
  10. postconstitutionally
  11. postconstruction

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