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prephonetic

prephonetic adjective: prior to a phonetic stage.

Adjective

prephonetic (not comparable)

  1. Prior to a phonetic stage.

Origin of prephonetic

From pre- + phonetic.

Questions about prephonetic

What does prephonetic mean?
Prephonetic means prior to a phonetic stage.
What part of speech is prephonetic?
Prephonetic is an adjective.

Words near prephonetic in the dictionary

  1. prephilatelic
  2. prephilately
  3. prephilosophical
  4. prephonatory
  5. prephonemic
  6. prephonetic
  7. prephoretic
  8. prephosphorylate
  9. prephosphorylated
  10. prephosphorylates
  11. prephosphorylating

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