protesis

See also: prótesis

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin prothesis.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pro‧te‧sis

Noun

protesis f (plural proteses or protesissen, diminutive protesisje n)

  1. (linguistics) alternative spelling of prothesis

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: protesis

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /proˈtesis/ [proˈt̪e.sɪs]
  • Rhymes: -esis
  • Syllabification: pro‧te‧sis

Noun

protesis (plural protesis-protesis)

  1. (linguistics, prosody, phonology) prothesis, prosthesis (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure)

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