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EPENTHESIS (epentheses)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epenthesis mean?
• EPENTHESIS (noun)
The noun EPENTHESIS has 1 sense:
1. the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier
Familiarity information: EPENTHESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the word 'bush' is epenthesis
Hypernyms ("epenthesis" is a kind of...):
articulation (the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech)
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