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intervocal, a.|ɪntəˈvəʊkəl|
[inter- 4 a + L. vocāl-is vocal, a vowel.]
Occurring between vowels. So intervoˈcalic a., (more usual) in same sense; intervoˈcalically adv.
1887Amer. Jrnl. Philol. VIII. 490 Showing..that intervocalic i of the Provencal MSS. should not invariably be reproduced as j. 1891A. L. Mayhew O.E. Phonol. §405 OE. b = Vulgar Latin b = L. p (intervocal). 1896Brachet & Toynbee Hist. Gram. French 89 A medial consonant may be..intervocal (i.e. placed between two vowels). Mod. The loss of Latin intervocalic t and d in Old French, as in rota, roue, sūdare, suer. 1950D. Jones Phoneme 22 Double k occurs only inter⁓vocalically. 1964R. H. Robins Gen. Ling. viii. 327 Cockney speakers often have glottalized stops inter⁓vocalically. 1972Language XLVIII. 465 Whatever analysis is adopted, the patterning of these segments is admittedly anomalous. They occur only intervocalically. |