intervocalique
French, adjective/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɔ.ka.lik/
intervocalique is spelled I-N-T-E-R-V-O-C-A-L-I-Q-U-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 141,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intervocalique is a French adjective meaning “intervocalic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Placé entre deux voyelles”.
What does intervocalique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
intervocalic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Placé entre deux voyelles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of intervocalique
- intervocaliques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intervocalique?
- /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɔ.ka.lik/
- \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.vɔ.ka.lik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intervocalique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intervocalique in French?
intervocalique appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).