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Epenthesis

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Epenthesises
possessive
Epenthesis's
pluralpossessive
Epenthesises'