anaptyxis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυξις (anáptuxis).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌænəpˈtɪksɪs/
Hyphenation: an‧ap‧tyx‧is

Noun

anaptyxis (countable and uncountable, plural anaptyxes)

(phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel; svarabhakti: for example, the middle ‘-a-’ in thataway, or use of infixes -i- and -o- in coining English words on classical roots.

Synonyms

svarabhakti

Antonyms

excrescence

Hypernyms

epenthesis

Derived terms

anaptyctic

Translations

epenthesis of a vowel

Catalan: anaptixi f
Finnish: anaptyksis
French: anaptyxe (fr) f
Galician: anaptixe (gl) f

German: Sprossvokal (de) m, Sproßvokal (de) m, Anaptyxe (de) f, Anaptyxis (de) f
Occitan: anaptixi f
Portuguese: anaptixe (pt) f

See also

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