pròtesi

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɾɔ.tə.zi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɾɔ.te.zi]
• Homophone: pròtasi (Balearic, Central)

Noun

pròtesi f (plural pròtesis)

1. (medicine) prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part)
2. (linguistics) prothesis (the prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word)

Derived terms

• pròtesi dental

Further reading

• “pròtesi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.