prelingual
English
Etymology
pre- + lingual
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪŋɡwəl
Adjective
prelingual (comparative more prelingual, superlative most prelingual)
- Before learning language.
- 2001, Priscilla Ebersole, Patricia A. Hess, Geriatric nursing and healthy aging
- The prelingual deaf often learn audible speech very well.
- 2001, Priscilla Ebersole, Patricia A. Hess, Geriatric nursing and healthy aging
- (anatomy) anterior to the tongue
Related terms
- prelinguistic