metátese

See also: metatese

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετάθεσις (metáthesis).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈta.te.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈta.te.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈta.te.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈta.tɨ.zɨ/

• Hyphenation: me‧tá‧te‧se

Noun

metátese f (plural metáteses)

1. (prosody, phonetics) metathesis (the transposition of phonemes within a word)
2. (chemistry) metathesis (the double decomposition of inorganic salts)

   Synonym: dupla troca