epenthetic
adj/ˌɛpənˈθɛtɪk/
Etymology From Ancient Greek ἐπενθετικός (epenthetikós, “inserted”).
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences Of or pertaining to epenthesis.
- “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.”2015 December 7, Julie Beck, “The Linguistics of 'YouTube Voice'”, in The Atlantic:
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences Of a phoneme or syllable Inserted into a word.
- Derived terms
- epenthetical, epenthetically
- Related terms
- epenthesis