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

svarabhakti

Antonyms

excrescence

Hypernyms

epenthesis

Derived terms

anaptyctic

Translations

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, f

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, grc, ἀνάπτυξις}}.

See also

tmesis paragoge interconsonantal

Is Anaptyxis a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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21
Words with Friends
22

The word Anaptyxi is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

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