Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

h-prothesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: h-proth-e-sis
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The prothesis of the sound /h/ to words beginning with a vowel, especially as found in Celtic languages such as Irish and Welsh, and in dialects of English, especially those that pronounce h weakly.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does h-prothesis mean?: The prothesis of the sound /h/ to words beginning with a vowel, especially as found in Celtic languages such as Irish and Welsh, and in dialects of English, especially those that pronounce h weakly.

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