chiasm

English

Etymology

Latin; in sense 1, from chiasma, from Ancient Greek χίασμα (khiasma); in sense 2, from chiasmus, from Ancient Greek χιασμός (khiasmos "crossing, diagonal arrangement"), from χιάζειν (khiázein, to mark with a chi), from χ (kh, chi)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɪ.æzəm/

Noun

chiasm (plural chiasms)

  1. Alternative form of chiasma
  2. Alternative form of chiasmus

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French chiasme.

Noun

chiasm n (plural chiasme)

  1. (rhetoric) chiasmus

Declension

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