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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EPENTHESIS

Via Late Latin from Greek, from epentithenai to insert, from epi- + en-² + tithenai to place.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EPENTHESIS

epenthesis  [ɛˈpɛnθɪsɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EPENTHESIS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Epenthesis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EPENTHESIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Epenthesis

In phonology, epenthesis means the addition of one or more sounds to a word, especially to the interior of a word. The word epenthesis comes from epi + en + thesis. Epenthesis may be divided into two types: excrescence, for the addition of a consonant, and anaptyxis for the addition of a vowel.

Definition of epenthesis in the English dictionary

The definition of epenthesis in the dictionary is the insertion of a sound or letter into a word.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EPENTHESIS


analysis
əˈnælɪsɪs
antithesis
ænˈtɪθɪsɪs
basis
ˈbeɪsɪs
biosynthesis
ˌbaɪəʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
chemosynthesis
ˌkɛməʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
crisis
ˈkraɪsɪs
diathesis
daɪˈæθɪsɪs
genesis
ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs
hypothesis
haɪˈpɒθɪsɪs
Isis
ˈaɪsɪs
methysis
ˈmɛθɪsɪs
nucleosynthesis
ˌnjuːklɪəʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
parasynthesis
ˌpærəˈsɪnθɪsɪs
parenthesis
pəˈrɛnθɪsɪs
photosynthesis
ˌfəʊtəʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
polysynthesis
ˌpɒlɪˈsɪnθɪsɪs
prosthesis
ˈprɒsθɪsɪs
prothesis
ˈprɒθɪsɪs
psychosynthesis
ˌsaɪkəʊˈsɪnθɪsɪs
synthesis
ˈsɪnθɪsɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EPENTHESIS

epeirid
epeirogenesis
epeirogenetic
epeirogenic
epeirogenically
epeirogeny
epencephala
epencephalic
epencephalon
ependyma
ependymal
epentheses
epenthetic
epeolatry
epergne
epexegeses
epexegesis
epexegetic
epexegetical
epexegetically

WORDS THAT END LIKE EPENTHESIS

alternative hypothesis
anthesis
aperture synthesis
catechesis
continuum hypothesis
doctoral thesis
Gaia hypothesis
in parenthesis
Lachesis
mathesis
metathesis
Nemesis
null hypothesis
orchesis
PhD thesis
resynthesis
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
speech synthesis
thesis
voice synthesis
working hypothesis

Synonyms and antonyms of epenthesis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «epenthesis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EPENTHESIS

Find out the translation of epenthesis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of epenthesis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «epenthesis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

插音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

epenthesis
570 millions of speakers

English

epenthesis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

epenthesis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

epenthesis
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эпентеза
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

epêntese
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপিনিহিতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épenthèses
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesepuluh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

epenthesis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

epenthesis
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

epenthesis
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Epenthesis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

epenthesis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

epenthesis
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कल्पित बौद्धिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ses türemesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

epentesi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

epenteza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

епентези
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epenthesis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

epenthesis
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

epenthesis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

epenthesis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

epenthesis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of epenthesis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EPENTHESIS»

The term «epenthesis» is normally little used and occupies the 135.880 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EPENTHESIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about epenthesis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EPENTHESIS»

Discover the use of epenthesis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to epenthesis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Teaching Pronunciation: A Reference for Teachers of English ...
Although less frequent than deletion in English, epenthesis is by no means uncommon. The most important type of epenthesis in English occurs in certain morphophonological sequences such as the regular plural and past tense endings.
Marianne Celce-Murcia, Donna M. Brinton, Janet M. Goodwin, 1996
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Markedness
surface form or necessitate the introduction of an additional epenthetic epenthetic vowel: (23) * katab it 1 ha * katab it'il ha * katab t 1i ha But a universal principle minimizing epenthesis is not sufficient to predict all cases of epenthesis.
Fred Eckman, Edith A. Moravcsik, Jessica R. Wirth, 1986
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Linguistics of American Sign Language: An Introduction
In this unit, we will discuss four of them: movement epenthesis, hold deletion, metathesis, and assimilation. MOVEMENT EPENTHESIS Signs occur in sequence, which means that the segments that make up signs occur in sequence .
Clayton Valli, 2000
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Vowel Epenthesis in Loanword Adaptation
Christian Uffmann. 6.1.2.1 6.1.2.2 6.1.3 6.2 6.2.1 6.2.2 6.2.2.1 6.2.2.2 6.2.2.3 6.2. 2.4 6.2.3 6.2.3.1 6.2.3.2 6.2.3.3 6.3 6.3.1 6.3.2 7.1 7.1.1 7.1.2 7.1.3 7.1.4 7.1.5 7.1. 6 7.1.7 7.2 7.2.1 7.2.2 7.2.3 7.2.4 7.2.5 7.2.6 7.3 7.3.1 7.3.2 7.3.3 7.3.4 7.4 7.4.1 ...
Christian Uffmann, 2007
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Principles of Historical Linguistics
Sound. change: Epenthesis,. elimination. of. hiatus,. other. changes. The changes discussed in this chapter are less unified in their behavior than the ones of the two preceding chapters. What they share is only negatively definable: With a few ...
Hans Henrich Hock, 1991
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English Words: History and Structure
3 Expansion rules: vowel or consonant epenthesis A third group of rules in which recognizable phonetic factors cause predictable allomorphic variation are the expansion or epenthesis rules. Epenthesis (epi + en "in" + thesis "placing") is the  ...
Robert P. Stockwell, Donka Minkova, 2001
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The Avestan Vowels
26 /-epenthesis /-epenthesis709 can be defined as the appearance of i in front of a consonant which is followed by one of vowels /, i, e or e, or by the glide ii. /- epenthesis is the direct result of the palatalization of that following consonant, and it ...
Michiel Arnoud Cor de Vaan, 2003
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Spanish Phonology: A Syllabic Perspective
A Syllabic Perspective Sonia Colina. words, epenthesis of [e] in the plural reflects the emergence of the unmarked (McCarthy and Prince 1994): *CODA effects are seen in the OO phonology of the plural, but not in the language as a whole, ...
Sonia Colina, 2009
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Theoretical Perspectives on Native American Languages: ...
These facts may be handled by crucially ordering the three epenthesis rules given in this section with the Mohawk Stress Rule, Vowel Lengthening, and Prothesis. To derive the examples that contain an epenthetic e in an open syllable, the ...
Donna B. Gerdts, Karin Michelson, 1989
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Current Issues in Romance Languages: Selected Papers from ...
A CONSTRAINT-BASED ANALYSIS OF INTRASPEAKER VARIATION VOCALIC EPENTHESIS IN VIMEU PICARDt JEFFREY STEELE & JULIE AUGER McGill University & Indiana University \ . Introduction Vimeu Picard2 (VP) is one of ...
Teresa Satterfield, Christina Tortora, Diana Cresti, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EPENTHESIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term epenthesis is used in the context of the following news items.
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How words are shaped by mispronunciation
It's “epenthesis” when our mouths find adding an extra letter more comfortable, like turning “thuner” into “thunder” and “emty” into “empty.”. «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jun 15»
2
27-Year-Old Neighbor Raphael Kurton Fatally Shot At Newkirk …
I actually live on the west side of CI Ave and remember when the east side was bad. epenthesis. “I have always supported DiBlasio, but…”. «Ditmas Park Corner, May 15»
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Bright Lights, Big Dictionaries: What It Was Like to Compete in Scripps
The first year, “epenthesis” got me; the next year, it was “ranine.” After the bell rings, you exit stage right and the staff escorts you to a little room ... «Jezebel, May 15»
4
Silly little syllables keep the lol in haplology
"Linguists call this process "epenthesis," and it can involve adding a vowel in between consonants to make it easier to say," Curzan says. «Michigan Radio, Dec 14»
5
Readers Respond: On 'Game Over'
“There *are* women making games who hope to fill” the gap between games and consumer demand for strong female characters, epenthesis ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
6
The Life of Former Boston Mayor Thomas(Tom) Menino (Age, Family …
The examples here also include substitution, deletion, and addition or epenthesis, which means whole words are used in place of the intended ... «New Tang Dynasty Television, Oct 14»
7
The Schwa Is the Laziest Sound in All of Human Speech
This process, called schwa epenthesis, can turn realtor into real-ǝ-tor, athlete into ath-ǝ-lete, nuclear into nuc-yǝ-ler, and film into fi-lǝm. «Slate Magazine, Jun 14»
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9 fascinating facts about the schwa
This process, called schwa epenthesis, can turn realtor into real-ǝ-tor, athlete into ath-ǝ-lete, nuclear into nuc-yǝ-ler, and film into fi-lǝm. «The Week Magazine, May 14»
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A phonological description of beatbox noises
The trick is that they're sticking the extra sounds right in the middle of the words — what linguists call epenthesis — but because you're used to ... «The Week Magazine, Jun 13»
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West Melbourne girl stopped in 3rd round of National Spelling Bee
As part of the test, Mary correctly answered the question, "What does epenthesis refer to?" Her response: "the insertion of a letter in a word to ... «Orlando Sentinel, May 13»

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