Associations to the word «Epenthesis»

EPENTHESIS, noun. (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.

EPENTHESIS, noun. The insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the word `bush' is epenthesis".