"epenthesis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈpɛn.θə.sɪs/ Audio: en-us-epenthesis.ogg [US] Forms: epentheses [plural]
Etymology: Middle of 16th century: via Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis), from ἐπεντίθημι (epentíthēmi, “I insert”), from ἐπί (epí) + ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi, “I put in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{bor|en|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{der|en|grc|ἐπένθεσις}} Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis), {{m|grc|ἐπεντίθημι||I insert}} ἐπεντίθημι (epentíthēmi, “I insert”), {{m|grc|ἐπί}} ἐπί (epí), {{m|grc|ἐντίθημι||I put in}} ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi, “I put in”), {{m|grc|ἐν||in}} ἐν (en, “in”), {{m|grc|τίθημι||I put, place}} τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|epentheses}} epenthesis (countable and uncountable, plural epentheses)
  1. (phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context. Wikipedia link: epenthesis Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Phonetics, Prosody Hypernyms: metaplasm Hyponyms: anaptyxis, excrescence, svarabhakti, vyanjanabhakti Related terms: epenthetic, epenthetical, epenthetically Coordinate_terms: paragoge, prothesis Translations (insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word): epentese (Afrikaans), ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), միջնահավելված (miǰnahavelvac) (Armenian), միջնահավելում (miǰnahavelum) (Armenian), mezkresk [masculine] (Breton), епенте́за (epentéza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), epèntesi [feminine] (Catalan), 插音 (chāyǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), 插字 (Chinese Mandarin), epenteze [feminine] (Czech), epentese [common-gender] (Danish), epenthese [feminine] (Dutch), epentezo (Esperanto), epéntesi [feminine] (Extremaduran), epenteesi (Finnish), épenthèse [feminine] (French), epéntese [feminine] (Galician), Epenthesis [feminine] (German), Epenthese [feminine] (German), Fugenelement [neuter] (German), Fugenzeichen [neuter] (German), Fugenlaut (note: in case of compounds) [masculine] (German), επένθεση (epénthesi) [feminine] (Greek), अपिनिहिति (apinihiti) [feminine] (Hindi), hangbetoldás (Hungarian), epentézis (Hungarian), betoldódás (Hungarian), hangbetoldódás (Hungarian), bontóhang (english: the sound itself) (Hungarian), epentesis (Indonesian), swarabakti (Indonesian), eipintéis [feminine] (Irish), epentesi [feminine] (Italian), 音挿入 (onsōnyū) (alt: おんそうにゅう) (Japanese), 삽입음 (sabibeum) (Korean), epenthesis [feminine] (Latin), epentezė [feminine] (Lithuanian), епентеза (epenteza) [feminine] (Macedonian), epentez (Northern Kurdish), epentese [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), epentese [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), epentèsi [feminine] (Occitan), epenteza [feminine] (Polish), epêntese [feminine] (Portuguese), эпенте́за (epentɛ́za) [feminine] (Russian), епенте́за [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), epentéza [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), epéntesis [feminine] (Spanish), epentes [common-gender] (Swedish), türeme (Turkish), епенте́за (epentéza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), эпентеза (epenteza) [Cyrillic] (Uzbek), epenteza [Roman] (Uzbek), rhyngosodiad [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "alt": "おんそうにゅう",
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          "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
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      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἐπεντίθημι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I insert"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐπεντίθημι (epentíthēmi, “I insert”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἐπί"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐπί (epí)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἐντίθημι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I put in"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi, “I put in”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἐν",
        "3": "",
        "4": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐν (en, “in”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τίθημι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I put, place"
      },
      "expansion": "τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Middle of 16th century: via Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis), from ἐπεντίθημι (epentíthēmi, “I insert”), from ἐπί (epí) + ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi, “I put in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I put, place”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "epentheses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "metaplasm"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "epen‧the‧sis"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "anaptyxis"
    },
    {
      "word": "excrescence"
    },
    {
      "word": "svarabhakti"
    },
    {
      "word": "vyanjanabhakti"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "epenthetic"
    },
    {
      "word": "epenthetical"
    },
    {
      "word": "epenthetically"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms borrowed from Late Latin",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Late Latin",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Russian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "en:Phonetics",
        "en:Prosody"
      ],
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        "The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context."
      ],
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        [
          "phonetics",
          "phonetics"
        ],
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          "prosody",
          "prosody"
        ],
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          "insertion",
          "insertion"
        ],
        [
          "phoneme",
          "phoneme"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "syllable",
          "syllable"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "phonological",
          "phonology"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "prosody",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "epenthesis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈpɛn.θə.sɪs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-epenthesis.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/91/En-us-epenthesis.ogg/En-us-epenthesis.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/En-us-epenthesis.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "epentese"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "miǰnahavelvac",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "միջնահավելված"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "miǰnahavelum",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "միջնահավելում"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mezkresk"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "epentéza",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "епенте́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epèntesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chāyǐn",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "插音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "插字"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epenteze"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "epentese"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epenthese"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "epentezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ext",
      "lang": "Extremaduran",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epéntesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "epenteesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "épenthèse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epéntese"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Epenthesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Epenthese"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fugenelement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fugenzeichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "in case of compounds",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fugenlaut"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epénthesi",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "επένθεση"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epénthesis",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἐπένθεσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "apinihiti",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "अपिनिहिति"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "hangbetoldás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "epentézis"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "betoldódás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "hangbetoldódás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "the sound itself",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "bontóhang"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "epentesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "swarabakti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eipintéis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epentesi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おんそうにゅう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onsōnyū",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "音挿入"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sabibeum",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "삽입음"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "epentez"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epenthesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epentezė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "epenteza",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "епентеза"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epentese"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "epentese"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epentèsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epenteza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epêntese"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "epentɛ́za",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эпенте́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "епенте́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epentéza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epéntesis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "epentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "word": "türeme"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "epentéza",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "епенте́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "roman": "epenteza",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "эпентеза"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "epenteza"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rhyngosodiad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "epenthesis"
}

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