Epenthesis

//ɪˈpɛn.θə.sɪs//

Synonyms for "epenthesis"

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Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

articulation metaplasm

More specific

4 entries

anaptyxis excrescence svarabhakti vyanjanabhakti

Related terms

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epenthetic epenthetical epenthetically

coordinate

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paragoge prothesis

derived

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epenthesize

has context

2 entries

phonetics prosody

is a

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articulation metaplasm

related to

10 entries

epenthetic epenthetical epenthetically insertion letter phoneme phonology sandhi syllable word

Translations

58 translations across 44 languages.

Afrikaans

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epentese noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Albanian

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epentezë noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Ancient Greek

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ἐπένθεσις noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Armenian

2 entries

միջնահավելում noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)
միջնահավելված noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Breton

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mezkresk noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Bulgarian

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епенте́за noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Catalan

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epèntesi noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

插字 noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)
插音 noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Czech

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epenteze noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)
vkládání noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Danish

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epentese noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Dutch

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epenthese noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Esperanto

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epentezo noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Extremaduran

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epéntesi noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Finnish

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epenteesi noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

French

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épenthèse noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Galician

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epéntese noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

German

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Epenthese noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)
Epenthesis noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)
Fugenelement noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)
Fugenlaut noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Greek

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επένθεση noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Hindi

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अपिनिहिति noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Hungarian

4 entries

betoldódás noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)
bontóhang noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)
epentézis noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)
hangbetoldás noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Indonesian

2 entries

epentesis noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)
swarabakti noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Irish

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eipintéis noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Italian

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epentesi noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Japanese

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音挿入 noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Korean

1 entries

삽입음 noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Latin

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epenthesis noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Lithuanian

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epentezė noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Macedonian

1 entries

епентеза noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Northern Kurdish

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epentez noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Norwegian Bokmål

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epentese noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

epentese noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Occitan

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epentèsi noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Persian

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میانهشت noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Polish

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epenteza noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Portuguese

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epêntese noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Russian

1 entries

эпенте́за noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

epentéza noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)
епенте́за noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Spanish

1 entries

epéntesis noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Sundanese

1 entries

swarabakti noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Swedish

1 entries

epentes noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Turkish

1 entries

türeme noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Ukrainian

1 entries

епенте́за noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Uzbek

2 entries

epenteza noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)
эпентеза noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

Welsh

1 entries

rhyngosodiad noun (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word)

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