Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

metathesize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: metathe-size
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undergo or to subject to metathesis; of sounds, to switch positions in a word.

Example Sentences

"Cases like mu·yh : mu·hyut may be accounted for under a rule that clusters of h plus sonorant metathesize in word-final position."
"The significance of noticing the existence of this adjective tharf by the side of the metathesized form thraf is of course apparent"
"If the first of two identical consonants in sequence is postconsonantal and the second intervocalic, metathesize the first with the following vowel (geminate roots only)."

Etymology

Etymology tree English metathesis Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English metathesize From metathesis + -ize.

Inflected Forms

metathesizes (present, singular) metathesizing (participle, present) metathesized (participle, past) metathesized (past) metathesise (alternative) metathetize (alternative)

Derived Forms

unmetathesized

Questions

What does metathesize mean?: To undergo or to subject to metathesis; of sounds, to switch positions in a word.
Where does metathesize come from?: Etymology tree English metathesis Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English metathesize From metathesis + -ize.

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