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/

• Rhymes: -atezi, -atɨzɨ
• Hyphenation: me‧tá‧te‧se

Noun

metátese f (plural metáteses)

1. metathesis
   1. (surgery) surgical operation that consists of moving from one place to another, where the cause or seat of a disease is less harmful
   2. (philosophy) transposition of the terms of a reasoning, from which a consequence is deduced
   3. (linguistics, grammar) phonetic phenomenon that consists of the transposition of phonemes or syllables within the same word

Further reading

• “metátese” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “metátese” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.