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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 easierplay

  Familiarity information: EPENTHESIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EPENTHESIS (noun)


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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