epenthetic

/¦epən¦thet|ik -et|, |ēk/ (ame, mw)

epenthetic — adjective

  • epentheticpositive
  • more epentheticcomparative
  • most epentheticsuperlative

1. describing a sound or letter that is added inside a word or sound pattern, often

1.形容詞C2
釋義

describing a sound or letter that is added inside a word or sound pattern, often to make it easier to say.

例句

The coach wrote an epenthetic vowel above the difficult consonant cluster.

epenthetic vowel in pronunciation teaching

In class, Hoa heard an epenthetic sound in the word film.

同義詞
  • intrusive

    often used for an added sound that appears in actual speech, especially between sounds or words

  • inserted

    general and non-technical; it can describe any added element, not only a linguistic one

  • excrescent

    more specialized; often used for a consonant that develops over time in pronunciation

文法句型

epenthetic + vowel

epenthetic + consonant

epenthetic + letter

用法筆記

Used mainly in linguistics and pronunciation teaching, especially before nouns like 'vowel', 'consonant', 'sound', and 'letter'. In ordinary English, people usually say 'extra' or 'added' instead.

常見錯誤

❌The extra comma in the sentence is epenthetic.
✅The extra comma in the sentence is inserted.
💡'epenthetic' is a linguistics term for added sounds or letters inside a word, not for ordinary extra marks in writing.