protese

See also: prótese

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch prothese, from Late Latin prothesis, from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis). Doublet of protesis.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /proˈtesə/ [proˈt̪e.sə]
  • Rhymes: -esə
  • Syllabification: pro‧te‧se

Noun

protese (plural protese-protese)

  1. (medicine) prothese, prosthesis:
    1. the act of artificially replacing a body part
    2. a prosthesis, the artificial replacement for a body part

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Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /proˈte.ze/, (traditional) /proˈte.se/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eze, (traditional) -ese
  • Hyphenation: pro‧té‧se

Etymology 1

Verb

protese

  1. third-person singular past historic of protendere

Etymology 2

Participle

protese f pl

  1. feminine plural of proteso

References

  1. ^ proteso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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