preconsonantal
/pɹi.kɒn.səˈnæn.təl/
preconsonantal adjective: immediately preceding a consonant or consonant sound.
Adjective
preconsonantal (not comparable)
- Immediately preceding a consonant or consonant sound.
- Thus, whereas practically all Caribbean speakers [of Spanish] aspirate preconsonantal and word-final /s/ [pronouncing it as [h]] to a certain extent (except, perhaps, for some radio announcers), this is a highly variable process and the highest indices of aspiration and deletion of /s/ are found in...2005, José Ignacio Hualde, The Sounds of Spanish, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 28
- Synonyms:
- anteconsonantal
- Antonyms:
- postconsonantal, non-preconsonantal
Synonyms of preconsonantal
Antonyms
- postconsonantal
- non-preconsonantal
Forms of preconsonantal
| alternative form | pre-consonantal |
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Origin of preconsonantal
From pre- + consonant + -al.
Words formed from preconsonantal
Questions about preconsonantal
- What does preconsonantal mean?
- Preconsonantal means immediately preceding a consonant or consonant sound.
- What part of speech is preconsonantal?
- Preconsonantal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce preconsonantal?
- Preconsonantal is pronounced /pɹi.kɒn.səˈnæn.təl/.
Words near preconsonantal in the dictionary
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