prevocalic

Adj

Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound

Examples

"The word "an" is the prevocalic form of the word "a"."

Origin / Etymology

From pre- + vocalic.

Synonyms

antevocalic

Antonyms

anteconsonantal, non-prevocalic, postvocalic, preconsonantal

Scrabble Score: 19

prevocalic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
prevocalic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
prevocalic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

prevocalic is a valid Words With Friends word