anaptyxis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from New Latin anaptyxis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυξις (anáptuxis).
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Noun[edit]
anaptyxis (countable and uncountable, plural anaptyxes)
- (phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
- Synonym: svarabhakti
- Antonym: excrescence
- Hypernym: epenthesis
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Translations[edit]
epenthesis of a vowel
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