Pre-fortis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Pre-fortis is an adjective meaning (phonetics) Immediately preceding a fortis consonant.
Meaning
(phonetics) Immediately preceding a fortis consonant.
Example Sentences
This pre-fortis shortening is most obvious in stressed monosyllables (i.e. single-syllable words) and is termed pre-fortis clipping. […] Listen to these sets of English words. Notice how pre-fortis clipping shortens the vowels.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prefricative, pretonic, preinitial, preconsonantal, preinflectional, prephonatory.
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