quiasmo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιασμός (khiasmós, “crosswise arrangement”), from χιάζω (khiázō, “to mark with a chi”), from χῖ (khî, “chi”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjasmo/ [ˈkjaz.mo]
• Rhymes: -asmo
• Syllabification: quias‧mo

Noun

quiasmo m (plural quiasmos)

1. (rhetoric) chiasmus

Further reading

• “quiasmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16