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語源

Borrowed from Late Latin metathesis, from Ancient Greek μετάθεσις (metáthesis), from μετά (metá, “among”) +‎ θέσις (thésis, “placement”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /məˈtæ.θə.sɪs/
• (米国発音) IPA: /məˈtæ.θə.sɪs/, [məˈtʰæ.θə.səs], /mɛˈtæ.θə.sɪs/, [mɛˈtʰæ.θə.sɪs]

名詞

metathesis (countable and uncountable, plural metatheses)

1. (linguistics, phonetics, prosody, rhetoric) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word.

   Hyponym: hyperthesis

2. (inorganic chemistry) The double decomposition of inorganic salts.
3. (organic chemistry) The breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped.

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

• → Malay: metatesis

参考

• spoonerism

アナグラム

• thematises