metateza

See also: metateză and metatezą

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin metathesis, from Ancient Greek μετάθεσις (metáthesis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.taˈtɛ.za/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛza
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧te‧za

Noun

metateza f

1. (linguistics) metathesis (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

   Synonym: przestawka

2. (rhetoric) anastrophe

   Synonyms: inwersja, przekładnia, przestawnia, szyk przestawny

3. (organic chemistry) metathesis (the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped)

Declension

Declension of metateza

	singular	plural
nominative	metateza	metatezy
genitive	metatezy	metatez
dative	metatezie	metatezom
accusative	metatezę	metatezy
instrumental	metatezą	metatezami
locative	metatezie	metatezach
vocative	metatezo	metatezy

Derived terms

noun

• antymetateza

 

Further reading

• metateza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• metateza in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From metateză.

Verb

a metateza (third-person singular present metatezează, past participle metatezat) 1st conjugation

1. to metathesize

Conjugation

    conjugation of metateza (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a metateza
gerund			metatezând
past participle			metatezat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	metatezez	metatezezi	metatezează	metatezăm	metatezați	metatezează
	imperfect	metatezam	metatezai	metateza	metatezam	metatezați	metatezau
	simple perfect	metatezai	metatezași	metateză	metatezarăm	metatezarăți	metatezară
	pluperfect	metatezasem	metatezaseși	metatezase	metatezaserăm	metatezaserăți	metatezaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să metatezez	să metatezezi	să metatezeze	să metatezăm	să metatezați	să metatezeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		metatezează			metatezați
	negative		nu metateza			nu metatezați

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metǎteza/
• Hyphenation: me‧ta‧te‧za

Noun

metàteza f (Cyrillic spelling мета̀теза)

1. metathesis

Declension

Declension of metateza

	singular	plural
nominative	metateza	metateze
genitive	metateze	metateza
dative	metatezi	metatezama
accusative	metatezu	metateze
vocative	metatezo	metateze
locative	metatezi	metatezama
instrumental	metatezom	metatezama