intervocalic

English

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 *-kos

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.

Pronunciation

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

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  Rhymes: -ælɪk

Adjective

intervocalic (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) Existing or occurring between vowels.

   Coordinate term: interconsonantal

   • 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.

Derived terms

• intervocalically

Related terms

• postvocalic
• prevocalic

Translations

between vowels

• Albanian: ndërzanor (sq)
• Armenian: միջձայնավորային (hy) (miǰjaynavorayin)
• Azerbaijani: saitlərarası
• Catalan: intervocàlic
• Dutch: intervocaal
• Esperanto: intervokala
• Finnish: vokaalien välinen, vokaalienvälinen
• French: intervocalique (fr)
• German: intervokalisch (de)
• Greek: μεσοφωνηεντικός (el) (mesofonientikós)
• Italian: intervocalico
• Polish: interwokaliczny
• Portuguese: intervocálico (pt) m
• Romanian: intervocalic (ro)
• Russian: интервока́льный (ru) (intervokálʹnyj)
• Spanish: intervocálico
• Swedish: intervokalisk
• Welsh: rhynglafarog

See also

• excrescence

Occitan

Etymology

From inter- +‎ vocalic.

Adjective

intervocalic m (feminine singular intervocalica, masculine plural intervocalics, feminine plural intervocalicas)

1. intervocalic

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 383

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intervocalique.

Adjective

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

1. intervocalic

Declension

Declension of intervocalic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	intervocalic		intervocalică	intervocalici	intervocalice
	definite	intervocalicul		intervocalica	intervocalicii	intervocalicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	intervocalic		intervocalice	intervocalici	intervocalice
	definite	intervocalicului		intervocalicei	intervocalicilor	intervocalicelor