epenthesis
noun/ɪˈpɛn.θə.sɪs/
Etymology Middle of 16th century: via Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis), from ἐπεντίθημι (epentíthēmi, “to insert”), from ἐπί (epí) + ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi, “to put in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”).
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Prosody, Sciences Rhetoric The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.
- Derived terms
- epenthesize
- Related terms
- epenthetic, epenthetical, epenthetically
- Hypernyms
- metaplasm
- Hyponyms
- anaptyxis, excrescence, svarabhakti, vyanjanabhakti