Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun epenthesis

1 sense of epenthesis

Sense 1
epenthesis -- (the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the word `bush' is epenthesis")
       => articulation -- (the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech)