non-prevocalic

== English == === Etymology === From non- +‎ prevocalic. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nɒnˌpɹiːvəʊˈkælɪk/ === Adjective === non-prevocalic (not comparable) (Linguistics) (Of a phoneme) occurring before a consonant or pause but not occurring before a vowel, as in rhotic dialects. ==== See also ==== postvocalic Rhotic and non-rhotic accents on Wikipedia.Wikipedia