pretonic

adjective

pre·​ton·​ic ˌprē-ˈtä-nik 

of a vowel or syllable

: immediately preceding a syllable having stress or accent

Word History

Etymology

pre- + tonic entry 2

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pretonic

• atonic
• benthonic
• bionic
• bosonic
• bubonic
• canonic
• carbonic
• cyclonic
• demonic
• dystonic
• hadronic
• harmonic