Definitions For Anaptyxi
Noun
ANAPTYXIS (plural anaptyxes) (phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel; svarabhakti: for example, the middle ‘-a-’ in thataway, or use of infixes -i- and -o- in coining English words on classical roots.Synonyms
svarabhaktiAntonyms
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epenthesisDerived terms
anaptycticTranslations
Catalan: anaptixi, f Finnish: anaptyksis French: anaptyxe, f Galician: anaptixe, f German: Sprossvokal, m, Sproßvokal, m, Anaptyxe, f, Anaptyxis, f Occitan: anaptixi, f Portuguese: anaptixe, fEtymology
Borrowed from {{bor, en, grc, ἀνάπτυξις}}.See also
tmesis paragoge interconsonantalIs Anaptyxis a Scrabble Word?
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The word Anaptyxi is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends