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quantitative metathesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
quan-ti-ta-tive metathe-sis
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of metathesis or transposition involving quantity or vowel length, by which two neighboring vowels – one long, one short – switch their lengths, so that the long one becomes short, and the short one becomes long.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

quantitative metatheses (plural)

Synonyms

transfer of quantity

Questions

What does quantitative metathesis mean?
A form of metathesis or transposition involving quantity or vowel length, by which two neighboring vowels – one long, one short – switch their lengths, so that the long one becomes short, and the short one becomes long.

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