phonotactic

[foh-nuh-tak-tik]

adjective Linguistics.

of or relating to phonotactics: Phonotactic constraints in English prevent the occurrence of the consonant clusters (sr) and (dl) at the beginning of words.

Origin of phonotactic

First recorded in 1955–60; phono- + tactic

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