anaptyxis

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin anaptyxis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυξις (anáptuxis).

Pronunciation

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

Examples
the middle -a- in thataway the infixes -i- and -o- in coining English words on classical roots

Noun

anaptyxis (countable and uncountable, plural anaptyxes)

1. (phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.

   Synonyms: linking vowel, svarabhakti

   Antonym: excrescence

   Hypernym: 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
• Polish: epenteza f
• Portuguese: anaptixe (pt) f

See also

• tmesis
• paragoge
• interconsonantal