pròtesi
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɾɔ.tə.zi]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈpɾɔ.te.zi]
- Homophone: pròtasi (Balearic, Central)
Noun[edit]
pròtesi f (plural pròtesis)
- (medicine) prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)
- (linguistics) prothesis (the prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “pròtesi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.