epenthesis

== English == === Etymology === Middle of 16th century: via Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis), from ἐπεντίθημι (epentíthēmi, “to insert”), from ἐπί (epí) + ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi, “to put in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪˈpɛn.θə.sɪs/ Hyphenation: epen‧the‧sis === Noun === epenthesis (countable and uncountable, plural epentheses) (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. ==== Hypernyms ==== metaplasm ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Definition at silva rhetoricae, The Forest of Rhetoric == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin epenthesis, from Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis), from ἐπεντίθημι (epentíthēmi, “to insert”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eːpɛnˈteːzɪs/ Hyphenation: epen‧the‧sis === Noun === epenthesis f (plural epentheses, no diminutive) alternative form of epenthese (chiefly used in older and translated texts)