Epenthetic Schwa

What is Epenthetic Schwa?


1.

A schwa (represented by an upside-down lower-case "e" in dictionaries) inserted between two consonants to aid pronunciation. Czech and Armenian frequently use epenthetic schwas. "Epenthetic" means "inserted" and is pronounced "eh-pen-THET-ik".

The word "prst", which is Czech for "finger", has an epenthetic schwa between the "p" and the "r" and is pronounced "purrst".

See noun, adjective, adverb, linguistics


96

Random Words:

1. polite way to say having sex what were u doing last night? oh some serious active hugging duude See sex, hugs, sexy, booty..
1. When you're so broke in college that you have to cut your own hair or your buddy's hair in a shower stall. Sometimes might be..
1. where the man lays on his side while he leans foward over the woman, who is leaning back, so they fit together like SPOONS. Hence the te..