07117788-n 'the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier';
 
Chinese (simplified) 插音
English epenthesis
Indonesian swarabakti
Italian epentesi
Japanese 音挿入
Definitions
English
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
Japanese
発音をより簡単にする母音か子音の単語への挿入
単語『bush(低木)』の複数形への母音の挿入は、語中音添加という
Relations
Hypernym: articulation
Semantic Field: communicationn
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