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ALL meanings of anaptyxis

an·ap·tyx·is
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  • noun anaptyxis the insertion of a short vowel between consonants in order to make a word more easily pronounceable 3
  • noun anaptyxis epenthesis of a vowel 3
  • noun anaptyxis The insertion of a vowel between two consonants in pronunciation, as in filim for film. 1
  • noun plural anaptyxis epenthesis of a vowel. 1
  • noun anaptyxis (phonetics) epenthesis of a vowel – insertion of a vowel; svarabhakti. For example, the middle ‘-a-’ in thataway, or use of infixes -i- and -o- in coining English words on classical roots. 0
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