Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apicoprepalatal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: api-co-prepalatal
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Articulated with the tip of the tongue against a spot just to the front of the palate.

Example Sentences

"Voiced apicoprepalatal or dorsoprepalatal assibilated fricative, similar to English […]"
"[…] rather indicates a (retroflex) apicoprepalatal nasal. But Firth himself calls the place of articulation "the hard palate", which strictly […]"
"[…] but the difference between the apicoprepalatal and the domed lateral diaphone (9.231) is not."
"[…] as for the Japanese ingressive apicoprepalatal fricative approximant or […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der. Proto-Italic *apeks Latin apex New Latinder. English apico- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English palatal English prepalatal English apicoprepalatal From apico- + prepalatal.

Inflected Forms

more apicoprepalatal (comparative) most apicoprepalatal (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

apicoalveolar apicosubalveolar apicopostalveolar apicopalatal

Questions

What does apicoprepalatal mean?: Articulated with the tip of the tongue against a spot just to the front of the palate.
Where does apicoprepalatal come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der. Proto-Italic *apeks Latin apex New Latinder. English apico- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-osder. Latin palātumder. Old French palatbor. Middle English palate English palate Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English palatal English prepalatal English apicoprepalatal From apico- + prepalatal.

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