pre-fortis

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ fortis.

Adjective

pre-fortis (not comparable)

1. (phonetics) Immediately preceding a fortis consonant.
   • 2013, Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mees, Practical Phonetics and Phonology: A Resource Book for Students:

     This pre-fortis shortening is most obvious in stressed monosyllables (i.e. single-syllable words) and is termed pre-fortis clipping. […] Listen to these sets of English words. Notice how pre-fortis clipping shortens the vowels.

Anagrams

• portfires, profiters