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epêntese

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epêntese

  • /e.ˈpẽ.te.zi/ Brazil, IPA
  • /e."pe~.te.zi/ Brazil, X SAMPA

Where it comes from

Do grego antigo ἐπένθεσις (epenthesis), pelo latim epenthesis.

noun

  1. gramática, fonética metaplasmo que consiste na adição de um ou mais fonemas no interior de uma palavra (por exemplo, do latim foedus > feo > feio; do espanhol cangrejo > caranguejo)

In English

  • epenthesis insertion of a phoneme or letter into a word

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MLA

"epêntese." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pt/ep%C3%AAntese. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

epêntese. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pt/ep%C3%AAntese

Chicago

"epêntese." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pt/ep%C3%AAntese.

BibTeX
@misc{epe_ntese_2026,
  title = {epêntese},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pt/ep%C3%AAntese},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}