Medial Consonants in Linguistics: Definition and Examples
A medial consonant is a consonant sound occurring within a word—neither at the beginning (initial) nor the end (final).
Examples
- medial – /d/ is medial (medial)
- butter – /t/ is medial (butter)
- rabbit – /b/ is medial (rabbit)
Medial position often influences phonological processes (lenition, assimilation, flapping).
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