metaplasm

English

Etymology

From Latin metaplasmus from Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós).

Noun

metaplasm (plural metaplasms)

(linguistics) Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds.
(biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell.

Hyponyms

(linguistics):
- prothesis, epenthesis, paragoge, diaeresis, diastole
- aphaeresis, syncope, apocope, ellipsis, ecthlipsis, synaloepha, synizesis, synaeresis, systole
- metathesis
- antisthecon

Translations

linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds

French: métaplasme (fr)
Greek:
Ancient: μεταπλασμός m (metaplasmós)
Latin: metaplasmus
Occitan: metaplasme m
Spanish: metaplasmo (es) m

biology: small particle within a cell

Finnish: metaplasma
Tagalog: lakdawkaphay

See also

(linguistics): clipping

Further reading

metaplasm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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