Prosthese — meaning in English
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English meaning
- prothesis noun The addition of phonemes to the start of a word without altering its morphological structure, for example the Spanish word esfera, derived via Latin from Greek sphaera (“sphere”); without prothesis it would have become *sfera.
Senses
Prosthese is used for these senses in English:
- prothesis (phonology) The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).
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