anaptixe
Portuguese, noun
anaptixe is spelled A-N-A-P-T-I-X-E (8 letters). Anaptixe is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “anaptyxis (epenthesis of a vowel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “intercalação de uma vogal entre as consoantes de uma palavra (Ex.: adevogado ao invés de advogado)”.
What does anaptixe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanaptyxis (epenthesis of a vowel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. intercalação de uma vogal entre as consoantes de uma palavra (Ex.: adevogado ao invés de advogado)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anaptixe
- anaptixes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).