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# How to pronounce "postformative" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/pɒstfɒrmætæɪv/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **pos·tfor·ma·tive**
- **Native Audio**: [Listen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/En-us-postformative.oga/En-us-postformative.oga.mp3)

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- A formative element at the end.

### ADJECTIVE
- Forming or affecting something that comes before.
  - *Example*: "The phenomenon of Berber verbs which are marked for person with both a preformative and a postformative affix […] finds a formally exact pendant in Canaanite, where there is one occurrence of the phenomenon in the Bible (Is 63:3 [אגאלתי]), but c. 20 occurrences in the Amarna tablets."
- Occurring after the formation (chiefly written post-formative, said in Islamic studies of the period following the Golden Age of Islam 786–861 CE).
  - *Example*: "It seems that Western observers of the Near East—and, in addition, a large percentage of the intellectuals of the Islamic world—can hardly imagine a society in which a struggle for truth does not continuously rage. But such a society seems to have been the case in large parts of the Islamic world of the postformative era. […]"

### Example Sentences
- "The phenomenon of Berber verbs which are marked for person with both a preformative and a postformative affix […] finds a formally exact pendant in Canaanite, where there is one occurrence of the phenomenon in the Bible (Is 63:3 [אגאלתי]), but c. 20 occurrences in the Amarna tablets."
- "It seems that Western observers of the Near East—and, in addition, a large percentage of the intellectuals of the Islamic world—can hardly imagine a society in which a struggle for truth does not continuously rage. But such a society seems to have been the case in large parts of the Islamic world of the postformative era. […]"

## Video Examples

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## How to Pronounce "postformative"

- **Syllables**: pos · tfor · ma · tive
- **IPA**: `/pɒstfɒrmætæɪv/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the pronunciation — notice how the vowel sound is clearly emphasized.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “postformative”?
“postformative” is pronounced /pɒstfɒrmætæɪv/ (pos · tfor · ma · tive). Listen to the audio pronunciation above to hear it spoken clearly.

### How many syllables are in “postformative”?
“postformative” has 4 syllables: pos · tfor · ma · tive.

### What does “postformative” mean?
A formative element at the end.


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