Metathesis
//məˈtæ.θə.sɪs//
Translations of "metathesis" (32 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | vendkëmbim(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | μετάθεσις(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | metáthesis | |
| Arabic | قَلْب مَكَانِيّ(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | qalb makāniyy | |
| Armenian | դրափոխություն(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | drapʻoxutʻyun | |
| Azerbaijani | yerdəyişmə(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Breton | metatezenn(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Bulgarian | метате́за(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | metatéza | |
| Catalan | metàtesi(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Dutch | letteromzetting(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word), metathese(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word), metathesis(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Finnish | metateesi(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word), metateesi(the double decomposition of inorganic salts), metateesi(the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped), takaheitto(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| French | métathèse(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Galician | metátese(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| German | Metathese(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Greek | αντιμετάθεση(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | antimetáthesi | |
| Hungarian | hangátvetés(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Icelandic | hljóðavíxl(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word), stafavíxl(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Italian | metatesi(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Japanese | 音位転換(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | on'itenkan | |
| Malay | metatesis(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word), metatesis(the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped) | — | |
| Nepali | विपर्यय(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | viparyaya | |
| Old Norse | stafasnúning(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Polish | metateza(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word), metateza(the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped), przestawka(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Portuguese | dupla troca(the double decomposition of inorganic salts), metátese(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word), metátese(the double decomposition of inorganic salts) | — | |
| Romanian | metateză(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Russian | метате́за(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word), перестано́вка(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | metatɛ́za, perestanóvka | |
| Scottish Gaelic | eadar-chàradh(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Spanish | metátesis(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Swedish | metates(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word), stavelseväxling(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Tagalog | metatesis(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Turkish | göçüşme(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word), metatez(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Welsh | trawsosodiad(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — | |
| Yoruba | pàṣípààrọ̀(the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word) | — |
vendkëmbim
yerdəyişmə
metatezenn
metàtesi
letteromzetting, metathese, metathesis
metateesi, metateesi, metateesi, takaheitto
métathèse
metátese
Metathese
hangátvetés
hljóðavíxl, stafavíxl
metatesi
metatesis, metatesis
stafasnúning
metateza, metateza, przestawka
dupla troca, metátese, metátese
metateză
eadar-chàradh
metátesis
metates, stavelseväxling
metatesis
göçüşme, metatez
trawsosodiad
pàṣípààrọ̀
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