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h-prothesis
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h
-
prothesis
(
uncountable
)
(
phonology
)
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.