intervocalic

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Scrabble points: 19
Words With Friends: 24
Letters: 12

Pronunciation

/ˌɪntəvəʊˈkælɪk/(UK)

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/ˌɪntəvəʊˈkælɪk/(UK) · /ˌɪntəɹvoʊˈkælɪk/(US)

Definition of intervocalic

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Existing or occurring between vowels.

“For the ending -au, we need to assume the loss of an original intervocalic consonant, as Lat. -au- regularly yields -a- in Sardinian.”

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Etymology

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *ənter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Old French vocal French vocal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French vocaliquebor. English vocalic English intervocalic From inter- + vocalic.

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