μετάθεση
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετάθεσις (metáthesis, “change of position”) with, in the sense 'transfer', semantic loan from German Versetzung and French déplacement.[1] By surface analysis, μεταθέτω (metathéto) + -ση (-si).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]μετάθεση • (metáthesi) f (plural μεταθέσεις)
- (especially mathematics) transposition
- transfer (of an employee)
- redeployment (of service personnel)
- (linguistics) metathesis
- deferment, deferral, postponement
- Synonym: αναβολή f (anavolí)
- moving, rescheduling
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μετάθεση (metáthesi) | μεταθέσεις (metathéseis) |
| genitive | μετάθεσης (metáthesis) | μεταθέσεων (metathéseon) |
| accusative | μετάθεση (metáthesi) | μεταθέσεις (metathéseis) |
| vocative | μετάθεση (metáthesi) | μεταθέσεις (metathéseis) |
Older or formal genitive singular: μεταθέσεως (metathéseos)
Related terms
[edit]- μεταθέτω (metathéto)
References
[edit]- ^ μετάθεση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
[edit]
Μετάθεση (μαθηματικά) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- Μετάθεση (ψυχολογία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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