épenthétique
French, adjective/e.pɑ̃.te.tik/
épenthétique is spelled É-P-E-N-T-H-É-T-I-Q-U-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Épenthétique is a French adjective meaning “epenthetic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui provient de l’addition au milieu d’un mot d’une voyelle, d’une consonne, voire d’une syllabe entière”.
What does épenthétique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
epenthetic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui provient de l’addition au milieu d’un mot d’une voyelle, d’une consonne, voire d’une syllabe entière.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of épenthétique
- épenthétiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce épenthétique?
- /e.pɑ̃.te.tik/
- /e.pɛ̃.te.tik/
- \e.pɑ̃.te.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to épenthétique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is épenthétique in French?
épenthétique appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).