immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover
Derived forms
intervocalically
adverb
Word origin
[1885–90; inter- + vocalic]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, reactor, retread, seminar, zoominter- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “between,” “among,”“in the midst of,” “mutually,” “reciprocally,” “together,” “during” (intercept; interest). On this model, inter- is used in the formation of compound words (intercom; interdepartmental)