Standard Lemma guide

postvocalic

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊstvəʊˈkælɪk/

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adj

Meaning 1

(Of a phoneme) occurring after a vowel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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

Examples

  • Final post-vocalic /r/ in farmer in English rural dialects of the 1950s (captioning a linguistic map).

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- French vocal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French vocaliquebor. English vocalic English postvocalic From post- + vocalic.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: postvocalique — following a vowel
  • German: postvokalisch — following a vowel
  • Polish: postwokaliczny — following a vowel
  • Welsh: ôl-lafarog — following a vowel