metathesis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /mə.ˈtæ.θə.səs/, [mə.ˈtʰæ.θə.səs], /mɛ.ˈtæ.θə.sɪs/, [mɛ.ˈtʰæ.θə.sɪs]

Noun

metathesis (countable and uncountable, plural metatheses)

(phonetics, prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/.
(inorganic chemistry) The double decomposition of inorganic salts.
(organic chemistry) The breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped.

Hyponyms

hyperthesis

Related terms

metathetic
metathesize

Translations

the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word

Arabic: قَلْب مَكَانِيّ‎ m (qalb makāniyy)
Armenian: դրափոխություն (hy) (drapʿoxutʿyun)
Catalan: metàtesi (ca) f
Dutch: metathesis (nl) f, metathese (nl) f, letteromzetting f
Finnish: takaheitto, metateesi (fi)
French: métathèse (fr) f
Galician: metátese (gl) f
German: Metathese (de) f
Greek: αντιμετάθεση (el) f (antimetáthesi)
Ancient: μετάθεσις f (metáthesis)

Icelandic: hljóðavíxl n pl, stafavíxl n pl
Italian: metatesi f
Japanese: 音位転換 (おんいてんかん, on'itenkan)
Nepali: विपर्यय (wiparyaya)
Polish: metateza f, przestawka (pl) f
Portuguese: metátese (pt) f
Russian: метате́за (ru) f (metatɛ́za), перестано́вка (ru) f (perestanóvka) (зву́ков и́ли слого́в в слова́х)
Scottish Gaelic: eadar-chàradh m
Spanish: metátesis (es) f
Swedish: stavelseväxling c

the double decomposition of inorganic salts

Finnish: metateesi (fi)

the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped

Finnish: metateesi (fi)

Polish: metateza f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} métathèse (fr) f
Icelandic: gagnkvæm efnahópaskipti við efnahvörf n pl, gagnkvæm frumeindaskipti við efnahvörf n pl
Italian: ^{(please verify)} metatesi f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: метатеза f
Roman: metateza f

Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} metateza (sh) f

Anagrams

thematises