pròtesi
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɾɔ.tə.zi]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈpɾɔ.te.zi]
- Homophone: pròtasi (Balearic, Central)
Noun edit
pròtesi f (plural pròtesis)
- (medicine) prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)
- (linguistics) prothesis (the prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pròtesi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.