Presyllabic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Prior to the use or understanding of syllables. not-comparable

    "In the blending and segmentation tasks, for example, presyllabic children could sometimes segment syllables, even if they did not use them when they wrote independently."

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"In the blending and segmentation tasks, for example, presyllabic children could sometimes segment syllables, even if they did not use them when they wrote independently."

Etymology

From pre- + syllabic.

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