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語源

Middle of 16th century: via Late Latin, from Ancient Greek ἐπένθεσις (epénthesis), from ἐπεντίθημι (epentíthēmi, “to insert”), from ἐπί (epí) + ἐντίθημι (entíthēmi, “to put in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, place”).

発音

• IPA: /ɪˈpɛn.θə.sɪs/
• ハイフネーション: epen‧the‧sis

名詞

epenthesis (countable and uncountable, plural epentheses)

1. (phonetics, prosody, rhetoric) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.

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• metaplasm

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Further reading

• Definition at silva rhetoricae, The Forest of Rhetoric