Meanings
Origin
- Ancient Greekἐπένθεσις
- Englishepenthesis
Middle of 16th century: via Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis), from ἐπεντίθημι (epentíthēmi, “to insert”), from ἐπί (epí) + ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi, “to put in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”).
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Afrikaans epentese
- epenteseinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις
- ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis)insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Bulgarian епенте́за
- епенте́за (epentéza)insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Catalan epèntesi
- epèntesiinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Chinese Mandarin 插音, 插字
- 插音 (chāyīn)insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
- 插字insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Czech epenteze, vkládání
- epentezeinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
- vkládáníinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Danish epentese
- epenteseinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Dutch epenthese
- epentheseinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Esperanto epentezo
- epentezoinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Finnish epenteesi
- epenteesiinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
French épenthèse
- épenthèseinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
German Epenthesis, Epenthese
- Epenthesisinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
- Epentheseinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
- Fugenelementinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
- Fugenzeicheninsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
- Fugenlautinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Greek επένθεση
- επένθεση (epénthesi)insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Hindi अपिनिहिति
- अपिनिहिति (apinihiti)insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Hungarian hangbetoldás, epentézis
- hangbetoldásinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
- epentézisinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
- betoldódásinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
- hangbetoldódásinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
- bontóhanginsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Indonesian epentesis, swarabakti
- epentesisinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
- swarabaktiinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Irish eipintéis
- eipintéisinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Italian epentesi
- epentesiinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Japanese 音挿入
- 音挿入 (onsōnyū)insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Korean 삽입음
- 삽입음 (sabibeum)insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Latin epenthesis
- epenthesisinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Lithuanian epentezė
- epentezėinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Norwegian Bokmål epentese
- epenteseinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Persian میانهشت
- میانهشت (miyân-hešt)insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Polish epenteza
- epentezainsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Portuguese epêntese
- epênteseinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Russian эпенте́за
- эпенте́за (epentɛ́za)insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Spanish epéntesis
- epéntesisinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Swedish epentes
- epentesinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Turkish türeme
- türemeinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Ukrainian епенте́за
- епенте́за (epentéza)insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Welsh rhyngosodiad
- rhyngosodiadinsertion of a phoneme or letter into a word
Cite this entry
APA
epenthesis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epenthesis
MLA
“epenthesis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epenthesis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epenthesis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epenthesis.
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