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prevoice

prevoice verb: to voice before the onset of a consonant or beginning with the onset but ending before its release.

Verb

prevoice (third-person singular simple present prevoices, present participle prevoicing, simple past and past participle prevoiced)

  1. To voice before the onset of a consonant or beginning with the onset but ending before its release.

Forms of prevoice

third-person singular presentprevoices
present participleprevoicing
past participleprevoiced
pastprevoiced
alternative formpre-voice

Origin of prevoice

pre- + voice

Questions about prevoice

What does prevoice mean?
Prevoice means to voice before the onset of a consonant or beginning with the onset but ending before its release.
What part of speech is prevoice?
Prevoice is a verb.
What is the past tense of prevoice?
The past tense of prevoice is prevoiced.

Words near prevoice in the dictionary

  1. prevocalization
  2. prevocalizations
  3. prevocally
  4. prevocational
  5. prevocationally
  6. prevoice
  7. prevoiced
  8. prevoiceless
  9. prevoices
  10. prevoicing
  11. prevoicings

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