👉 In linguistics, a preconsonantal is a phonological feature in words that indicates a vowel sound precedes consonant sounds. Preconsonantal sounds are often used to indicate the absence of a consonant or to distinguish between vowels and consonants. For example, in English, "bicycle" has two preconsonantal sounds: "b-" and "-ic". In Spanish, the word "piano" also has two preconsonantal sounds: "p-ana