pre-fortis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ fortis

Adjective[edit]

pre-fortis (not comparable)

  1. (phonetics) Immediately preceding a fortis consonant.
    • 2013, Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mees, Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students:
      This pre-fortis shortening is most obvious in stressed monosyllables (i.e. single-syllable words) and is termed pre-fortis clipping. […] Listen to these sets of English words. Notice how pre-fortis clipping shortens the vowels.

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