ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pretonic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Pretonic is an adjective meaning That immediately precedes a stressed syllable.

Meaning

That immediately precedes a stressed syllable.

Example Sentences

The pretonic -u in krukkúri, krukkúri̯u is likely due to assimilation to the following stressed vowel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include preconsonantal, prestress, preinitial, pre-fortis, prestimulating, preaspirated.

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