epenthetic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἐπενθετικός (epenthetikós, “inserted”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
epenthetic (not comparable)
- (phonology, phonetics) Of or pertaining to epenthesis.
- 2015 December 7, Julie Beck, “The Linguistics of 'YouTube Voice'”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- “I’ve added a little vowel between the t and the r,” Baron says. “It elongates the word, it adds an extra syllable to the word, it emphasizes the word. There’s a name for this: epenthetic vowel.”
- (phonology, of a phoneme or syllable) Inserted into a word.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of or pertaining to epenthesis
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inserted into a word
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