English

Adjective

preconsonantal ‎(not comparable)

1. Immediately preceding a consonant or consonant sound.
   • 2005, José Ignacio Hualde, The Sounds of Spanish, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-54538-9, page 28:

     Thus, whereas practically all Caribbean speakers [of Spanish] aspirate preconsonantal and word-final /s/ [pronouncing it as [h]] to a certain extent (except, perhaps, for some radio announcers), this is a highly variable process and the highest indices of aspiration and deletion of /s/ are found in the most colloquial styles.

Derived terms

• preconsonantally

Antonyms

• prevocalic