METATHESIS


Meaning of METATHESIS in English

mə̇ˈtathəsə̇s noun

( plural metathe·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: Late Latin transposition of letters, from Greek, from metatithenai to transpose, from meta- + tithenai to place, set — more at do

1. : a change of place or condition : reversal ; specifically : transposition of two phonemes in a word (as in Old English wæsp, wæps )

2. : double decomposition

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