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A linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence
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metathesis
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Metathesis (; from Greek μετάθεσις, from μετατίθημι "I put in a different order"; Latin : trānspositiō ) is the re-arranging of sounds or syllables in a word, or of words in a sentence. Most commonly it refers to the switching of two or more contiguous ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 (context prosody English) the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ''ask'' as /æks/ 2 (context inorganic chemistry English) the double decomposition of inorganic salts 3 (context organic chemistry English) the breaking ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, "transposition of letters in a word;" c.1600, "rhetorical transposition of words," from Late Latin metathesis , from Greek metathesis "change of position, transposition, change of opinion," from stem of metatithenai "to transpose," from meta- "to ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metathesis \Me*tath"e*sis\, n.; pl. Metatheses . [L., fr. Gr. meta`qesis, fr. metatiqe`nai to place differently, to transpose; meta` beyond, over + tiqe`nai to place, set. See Thesis .] (Gram.) Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, ...
WordNet
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n. a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB) [syn: double decomposition ...
Usage examples of metathesis.
Homage was paid to it in iambi and trochees, in trisyllabic feet, Buchnerian dactyls, and alexandrines, with metathesis, alliteration, internal rhymes, and nimble improvisations.
Thus, starting from the simple nominative ciryat "two ships, a couple of ships": ciryat + -o for genitive = ciryato ciryat + -n for dative = ciryatn ciryat + -nna for allative = ciryatnna, simplified to ciryatna ciryat + -llo for ablative = ciryatllo, simplified to ciryatlo ciryat + -ssë for locative = ciryatssë, simplified to ciryatsë ciryat + -nen for instrumental = ciryatnen However, the group tn came to be disliked, so the consonants underwent metathesis.