Epenthesis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The insertion of a sound in the middle of a word, as in Middle English thunder from Old English thunor.
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  • n. The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In grammar, the insertion of a letter or syllable in the middle of a word, as alituum for alitum.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    articulation    metaplasm   
    Variant
    epentheses   
    Hyponym
    excrescence    anaptyxis   
    Form
    epenthetic   
     
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