Standard Lemma guide

intervocalic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɪntəvəʊˈkælɪk/
  • US: /ˌɪntəɹvoʊˈkælɪk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ælɪk

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adj

Meaning 1

Existing or occurring between vowels.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

Examples

  • Coordinate term: interconsonantal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- 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.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ndërzanor — between vowels
  • Armenian: միջձայնավորային (miǰjaynavorayin) — between vowels
  • Azerbaijani: saitlərarası — between vowels
  • Catalan: intervocàlic — between vowels
  • Dutch: intervocaal — between vowels
  • Esperanto: intervokala — between vowels
  • Finnish: vokaalien välinen — between vowels
  • Finnish: vokaalienvälinen — between vowels
  • French: intervocalique — between vowels
  • German: intervokalisch — between vowels
  • Greek: μεσοφωνηεντικός (mesofonientikós) — between vowels
  • Italian: intervocalico — between vowels
  • Polish: interwokaliczny — between vowels
  • Portuguese: intervocálico — between vowels
  • Romanian: intervocalic — between vowels
  • Russian: интервока́льный (intervokálʹnyj) — between vowels
  • Spanish: intervocálico — between vowels
  • Swedish: intervokalisk — between vowels
  • Welsh: rhynglafarog — between vowels
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