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• fore-syllable

語源

From fore- +‎ syllable; Compare Dutch voorsyllabe, German Vorsilbe.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹsɪləbəl/
• (Received 発音, 英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːsɪləbəl/

名詞

foresyllable (複数形 foresyllables)

1. (rare) A syllable (または syllables) at the beginning of a word.
   • 1902, Notes and Queries, John C. Francis, page 232:

     We had several things beginning with the same foresyllable.

   • 1914, Keith Clark, The Spell of Spain, The Page Company, page 132:

     The " kar " is the same foresyllable that runs in Carthage and means a high place.

   • 2005, Vivian Cook, Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell, Touchstone, page 57:

     C is strong like to "k." before "a," "o," "u," either simple vowels, or combined in diphthongs, as cankard, cautele, concord, coward, cunning, or when it ends a foresyllable before any other consonant as "c" "q" "k" "t" as in succede, acquaint, acknowledge, expecting.

同意語

• prefix

反意語

• suffix

参考

• endsyllable, end-syllable