anaptyxis
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin anaptyxis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυξις (anáptuxis).
Pronunciation
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Noun
anaptyxis (countable and uncountable, plural anaptyxes)
- (phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
- Synonym: svarabhakti
- Antonym: excrescence
- Hypernym: epenthesis
Derived terms
Translations
epenthesis of a vowel
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