“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.”
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Epenthetic
//ˌɛpənˈθɛtɪk//
Synonyms for "epenthetic" (1 found)
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36 translations across 17 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- epentètic adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epentètic adj (inserted into a word)
Danish
2 entries- epentetisk adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epentetisk adj (inserted into a word)
Esperanto
2 entries- epenteza adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epenteza adj (inserted into a word)
Finnish
2 entries- epenteettinen adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epenteettinen adj (inserted into a word)
French
2 entries- épenthétique adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- épenthétique adj (inserted into a word)
Galician
2 entries- epentético adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epentético adj (inserted into a word)
German
2 entries- epenthetisch adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epenthetisch adj (inserted into a word)
Irish
1 entries- cúnta adj (inserted into a word)
Italian
2 entries- epentetico adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epentetico adj (inserted into a word)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- epentetisk adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epentetisk adj (inserted into a word)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- epentetisk adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epentetisk adj (inserted into a word)
Polish
2 entries- epentetyczny adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epentetyczny adj (inserted into a word)
Portuguese
2 entries- epentético adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epentético adj (inserted into a word)
Russian
3 entries- вставно́й adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- эпентети́ческий adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- эпентети́ческий adj (inserted into a word)
Spanish
2 entries- epentético adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epentético adj (inserted into a word)
Swedish
2 entries- epentetisk adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epentetisk adj (inserted into a word)
Welsh
4 entries- epenthetig adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- epenthetig adj (inserted into a word)
- ymwthiol adj (of or pertaining to epenthesis)
- ymwthiol adj (inserted into a word)
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