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epenthetic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɛpənˈθɛtɪk/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπενθετικός (epenthetikós, “inserted”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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:
  2. (not-comparable, of a phoneme or syllable) Inserted into a word.

Deriveds

epenthetically · epenthetical

Relateds

epenthesis

Translations (36)

da epentetisk (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · de epenthetisch (inserted into a word) · pl epentetyczny (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · eo epenteza (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · es epentético (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · cy ymwthiol (inserted into a word) · fr épenthétique (inserted into a word) · gl epentético (inserted into a word) · ru вставно́й (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · ru эпентети́ческий (inserted into a word) · nb epentetisk (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · ru эпентети́ческий (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · pl epentetyczny (inserted into a word) · nb epentetisk (inserted into a word) · es epentético (inserted into a word) · cy ymwthiol (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · pt epentético (inserted into a word) · sv epentetisk (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · cy epenthetig (inserted into a word) · nn epentetisk (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · sv epentetisk (inserted into a word) · da epentetisk (inserted into a word) · fr épenthétique (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · nn epentetisk (inserted into a word) · cy epenthetig (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · fi epenteettinen (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · pt epentético (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · it epentetico (inserted into a word) · eo epenteza (inserted into a word) · ca epentètic (inserted into a word) · fi epenteettinen (inserted into a word) · de epenthetisch (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · ga cúnta (inserted into a word) · gl epentético (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · ca epentètic (of or pertaining to epenthesis) · it epentetico (of or pertaining to epenthesis)