prelingual
prelingual adjective: before learning language.
Adjective
prelingual (comparative more prelingual, superlative most prelingual)
Forms of prelingual
| comparative | more prelingual |
|---|---|
| superlative | most prelingual |
Origin of prelingual
From pre- + lingual.
Words formed from prelingual
Words that rhyme with prelingual
- translingual
- bilingual
- buccolingual
- decalingual
- lingual
- nonalingual
- octolingual
- pentalingual
- quadrilingual
- sublingual
- ambilingual
- dentilingual
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- heptalingual
- hexalingual
- labiolingual
- multilingual
- polylingual
- quinquelingual
- sesquilingual
- tetralingual
- trilingual
- alveololingual
- anterolingual
- apicolingual
- audiolingual
- axiolingual
- brevilingual
- cervicolingual
- colingual
- collingual
- crosslingual
- distolingual
- dorsolingual
- equilingual
- exolingual
- faciolingual
- fissilingual
- gingivolingual
- heterolingual
- homolingual
- hyolingual
- interlingual
- intralingual
- laterolingual
- matrilingual
- mediolingual
- mesiolingual
- mesolingual
- metrolingual
- midlingual
- monolingual
- omnilingual
- panlingual
- paralingual
- perilingual
- plurilingual
- posterolingual
- postlingual
- protolingual
- retrolingual
Questions about prelingual
- What does prelingual mean?
- Prelingual means before learning language.
- What part of speech is prelingual?
- Prelingual is an adjective.
Words near prelingual in the dictionary
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