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Italian
Etymology
From ana- + Ancient Greek φώνησις (phṓnēsis); coined by Italian philologist Arrigo Castellani in 1952.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.na.foˈnɛ.zi/, (careful style) /a.naˈfɔ.ne.zi/
- Rhymes: -ɛzi, (careful style) -ɔnezi
- Hyphenation: a‧na‧fo‧nè‧si, (careful style) a‧na‧fò‧ne‧si
Noun
anafonesi f (invariable)
- anaphonesis
Descendants
References
- ^ Silvia Calamai (2018 November 15) “The phonetics of Italian anaphonesis: Between production and perception”, in Juana Gil, Mark Gibson, editors, Romance Phonetics and Phonology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52.
Further reading
- anafonesi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana