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noun - a linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence
noun - a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB)
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Metathesis (; from Greek μετάθεσις, from μετατίθημι "I put in a different order"; Latin: trānspositiō) is the transposition of sounds or syllables in a word or of words in a sentence. Most commonly, it refers to the interchange of two or more contiguous sounds, known as adjacent metathesis or local metathesis: * foliage > **foilage * cavalry > **calvaryMetathesis may also involve interchanging non-contiguous sounds, known as nonadjacent metathesis, long-distance metathesis, or hyperthesis:, as shown in these examples of metathesis sound change from Latin to Spanish: * Latin parabola > Spanish palabra 'word' * Latin miraculum > Spanish milagro 'miracle' * Latin periculum > Spanish peligro 'danger, peril' * Latin crocodilus > Spanish cocodrilo 'crocodile'Many languages have words that show this phenomenon, and some even use it as a regular part of their grammar, such as Hebrew and Fur. The process of metathesis has altered the shape of many familiar words in English as well. * The original form before metathesis may be deduced from older forms of words in the language's lexicon or, if no forms are preserved, from phonological reconstruction. In some cases, including English "ask" (see below), it is not possible to settle with certainty on the original version. |