presyllabic

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ syllabic.

Adjective

presyllabic (not comparable)

1. Prior to the use or understanding of syllables.
   • 2007, Mark Torrance, Luuk van Waes, David Galbraith, Writing and Cognition, page 199:

     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.