Noun: epenthesis
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | epenthesis |
| Pl. | epentheses |
Sample Sentences
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Vele Nederlandse woorden bevatten een epenthesis om twee zelfstandige naamwoorden te verbinden. (A lot of Dutch words contain an epenthesis to tie two nouns together.)
Etymology
From Latin epenthesis, from Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis), from ἐπεντίθημι (epentíthēmi, “to insert”). See: Latin Nouns '
epenthesis', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἐπένθεσις'.
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