intervocalic

From inter- +‎ vocalic.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəvəʊˈkælɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntəɹvoʊˈkælɪk/

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  Rhymes: -ælɪk

intervocalic (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) Existing or occurring between vowels.
   • 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 341:

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

• interconsonantal

• intervocalically

• postvocalic
• prevocalic

• excrescence

Borrowed from French intervocalique.

intervocalic m or n (feminine singular intervocalică, masculine plural intervocalici, feminine and neuter plural intervocalice)

1. intervocalic