post-finaln.
/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈfʌɪnl/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈfaɪn(ə)l/ Linguistics.
A consonant following a main final consonant in a word-final consonant cluster. Cf. pre-final n.
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1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. viii. 132 English final clusters consist of..a main final consonant, which may be preceded by a pre-final, which in turn may be preceded by a second prefinal; further, the main final may be followed by a post-final.
1965 Amer. Speech 40 12 There is here no specification of finals with prefinals and post-finals.
1983 P. Roach Eng. Phonetics & Phonol. viii. 59 There are two sorts of two-consonant final cluster,..a final consonant preceded by a pre-final consonant and..a final consonant followed by a post-final consonant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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