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Meaning of prothesis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈpɹɒθəsɪs/

Definitions

  1. The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) sphaera (“sphere”) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera).
    countable, uncountable
  2. The preparation and preliminary oblation of the Eucharistic bread and wine in the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Credence table.
    broadly, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية إِبْدَاء
Ελληνικά πρόσθεση
Suomi proteesi
Français prothèse
Italiano prostesi
Nederlands prosthesis
Português prótese
Русский протеза

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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