pròtesi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis).

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

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)

• pròtesi dental

• “pròtesi”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007