pròtesi

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈpɾɔ.tə.zi/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpɾɔ.te.zi/
  • Homophone: pròtasi (Balearic, Central)

Noun

pròtesi f (plural pròtesis)

  1. (medicine) prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)
  2. (linguistics) prothesis (the prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word)

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