anaptyxis
/ˌænæpˈtɪksɪs/noun
mass noun
- Phonetics the insertion of a vowel between two consonants to aid pronunciation, as in he went thataway【语音】加音。
派生词
anaptyctic
adjective词源
late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek anaptuxis 'unfolding', from ana- 'back, again' + ptuxis 'folding'.