Definitions for metatheses

metatheses me·tath·e·sis

Spelling: [muh-tath-uh-sis]
IPA: /məˈtæθ ə sɪs/

Metatheses is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 320 anagrams from letters in metatheses (aeeehmsstt).

Definitions for metatheses

noun

  1. the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word, as in the pronunciation [kuhmf-ter-buh l] /ˈkʌmf tər bəl/ (Show IPA) for comfortable or [aks] /æks/ (Show IPA) for ask.
  2. Chemistry. double decomposition.

Origin of metatheses

1600-10; Late Latin: transposition of letters of a word Greek metáthesis transposition. See meta-, thesis

Examples for metatheses

The metathesis may be due to association with the name Tankard (Tancred).

It seems probable that the word asp in river-names is formed by metathesis from the word aps, p. 27, form 5.

M (mutare, metathesis) means 'transpose the premises' (as of Camestres).

Its oldest form, anelas, is a metathesis of the common Old Fr.

metathesis, or the transposition of sound, chiefly affects l and r, especially the latter.

metathesis of r is seen in undren 205, in loruerde 103 the scribe has added r by anticipation.

But I rather think it is a metathesis of cross with a paragogic t, or of crossed.

metathesis of r is seen in unwerste 134; rr is simplified in for 328.

metathesis of r is seen in wernches 5, wrahhte 74, eauraskes 97 (forsc).

Three of the most important of these are assimilation, dissimilation, and metathesis.

Word Value for metatheses
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