Hyperbaton

//haɪˈpɜːbətɒn//

Synonyms for "hyperbaton" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
anastrophe

Strong matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
inversion

Related words (5)

Related word relations

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Related terms

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derived

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has context

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is a

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Translations

18 translations across 16 languages.

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Catalan

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  • hipèrbaton noun (grammar)

Dutch

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  • hyperbaton noun (grammar)

Esperanto

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  • hiperbato noun (grammar)

French

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  • hyperbate noun (grammar)

Galician

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  • hipérbato noun (grammar)

German

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  • Hyperbaton noun (grammar)

Greek

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  • υπερβατό noun (grammar)

Ido

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  • hiperbato noun (grammar)

Italian

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  • iperbato noun (grammar)

Japanese

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  • 転置法 noun (grammar)

Latin

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  • hyperbaton noun (grammar)

Occitan

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  • iperbat noun (grammar)
  • iperbaton noun (grammar)

Polish

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  • hyperbaton noun (grammar)

Portuguese

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  • hipérbato noun (grammar)

Russian

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  • гипербатон noun (grammar)

Spanish

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  • hipérbato noun (grammar)
  • hipérbaton noun (grammar)

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In real life we often see a man under the influence of rage, or fear, […] begin a sentence, and then swerve aside into some inconsequent parenthesis, and then again double back to his original statement […]Now the figure hyperbaton is the means which is employed by the best writers to imitate these signs of natural emotion.

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