interjection

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Etymology

From Old French interjection (13c.), from Latin interiectiōnem, accusative singular of interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), perfect passive participle of intericiō (“throw or place between”), from inter (“between”) + iaciō (“throw”).

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA: /ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/, SAMPA: /In.t@"dZEk.S@n/
• (US): enPR: ĭn'tər.jĕkʹshən, IPA: /ˌɪn.tɚˈdʒɛk.ʃən/, SAMPA: /%In.t@`"dZEk.S@n/

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Noun

interjection (plural interjections)

1. (grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
2. An interruption; something interjected

Related terms

• interject
• interjectional

Translations

an exclamation or filled pause in grammar

Arabic: حرف نداء (ar) (Harf nidaa') m. Armenian: ձայնարկություն (hy) (jaynarkut’yun) Chechen: айдардош Chinese: Mandarin: 感嘆詞 (cmn), 感叹词 (cmn) (gǎntàncí), 嘆詞 (cmn), 叹词 (cmn) (tàncí), 欹 (cmn) (yī) Czech: citoslovce (cs) n. Danish: udråbsord (da) n. Dutch: tussenwerpsel (nl) n. Estonian: hüüdsõna (et) Finnish: huudahdussana (fi), interjektio (fi) French: interjection (fr) f. Galician: interxección (gl) f. German: Interjektion (de) f. Greek: επιφώνημα (el) (epifonima) n.

Icelandic: upphrópun (is) f. Irish: intriacht (ga) f. Italian: interiezione (it) f. Japanese: 感嘆詞 (ja) (kantanshi), 間投詞 (ja) (kantōshi) Korean: 감탄사 (gamtansa) Latin: interiectiō (la) f. Latvian: izsaukuma vārds (lv) m. Novial: interjektione Occitan: interjeccion (oc) f. Persian: حرف ندا (fa) Portuguese: interjeição (pt) f. Russian: междометие (ru) (meždométije) n. Scottish Gaelic: clisgear (gd) m. Spanish: interjección (es) Turkish: ünlem (tr)

an interruption

Finnish: huudahdus (fi)

Italian: intervento (it) m.

See also

• vocative
• Wikipedia article on interjections

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Noun

interjection f. (plural interjections)

1. (grammar) interjection