What does postvocalic mean?
Postvocalic means (phonetics) (Of a phoneme) occurring after a vowel..
Postvocalic
/ˌpəʊstvəʊˈkælɪk/ · adjective
Meaning
(phonetics) (Of a phoneme) occurring after a vowel..
Example Sentences
Final post-vocalic /r/ in farmer in English rural dialects of the 1950s (captioning a linguistic map).
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Antonyms for postvocalic
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What is a synonym for postvocalic?
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What is the opposite of postvocalic?
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How do you use postvocalic in a sentence?
Final post-vocalic /r/ in farmer in English rural dialects of the 1950s (captioning a linguistic map).
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