EPENTHESIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: epentheses   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier

Example:

the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the word 'bush' is epenthesis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("epenthesis" is a kind of...):

articulation (the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech)

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