interjection
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[edit] 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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[edit] Etymology
From Medieval French interjection (13c.), from Latin interiectiōnem, accusative singular of interiectiō (“‘throwing or placing between; interjection’”), from interiaciō (“‘throw or place between’”), from inter (“‘between’”) + iaciō (“‘throw’”).
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interjection (plural interjections)
- (grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
- An interruption; something interjected
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an exclamation or filled pause in grammar
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an interruption
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[edit] See also
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interjection f. (plural interjections)