epenthetic

e·pen·the·sis

E0172400 (ĭ-pĕn′thĭ-sĭs)n. pl. e·pen·the·ses (-sēz′) The insertion of a sound in the middle of a word, as in Middle English thunder from Old English thunor.

[Late Latin, from Greek, from epentithenai, to insert : ep-, epi-, epi- + en-, in; see en-² + tithenai, to place; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]

ep′en·thet′ic (ĕp′ĭn-thĕt′ĭk) adj.

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Adj.

epenthetic - of or pertaining to epenthesisparasitic

Translations

épenthétique

epenthetic

e·pen·the·sis

epenthetic

Synonyms for epenthetic

adj of or pertaining to epenthesis

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