tmese

See also: tmèse

Latin

Noun

tmēse

1. ablative singular of tmēsis

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τμῆσις (tmêsis, “a cutting”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈmɛ.zi/, /ˈt͡ʃmɛ.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈmɛ.zi/, /ˈt͡ʃmɛ.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃmɛ.ze/, /t͡ʃiˈmɛ.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtmɛ.zɨ/

• Hyphenation: tme‧se

Noun

tmese f (plural tmeses)

1. (prosody) tmesis (insertion of one or more words between the components of a word)

Related terms

• mesóclise

Further reading

• “tmese”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tmese”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026