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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin anaptyxis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυξις (anáptuxis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌænəpˈtɪksɪs/
- Hyphenation: an‧ap‧tyx‧is
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- the middle -a- in thataway
- the infixes -i- and -o- in coining English words on classical roots
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Noun
anaptyxis (countable and uncountable, plural anaptyxes)
- (phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
- Synonyms: linking vowel, svarabhakti
- Antonym: excrescence
- Hypernym: epenthesis
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