metaplasm

English

Etymology

From Latin metaplasmus from Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós).

Pronunciation

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

Arabic: تغيير
Breton: metaplasmenn
Catalan: metaplasme m
Danish: metaplasme
French: métaplasme (fr)
German: Metaplasmus m
Greek: μεταπλασμός (el) m (metaplasmós)
Ancient: μεταπλασμός m (metaplasmós)
Hungarian: metaplazmus
Japanese: 語音変異
Latin: metaplasmus
Occitan: metaplasme m
Portuguese: metaplasmo (pt), metaplasma
Russian: метапласм (metaplasm)
Spanish: metaplasmo (es) m

biology: small particle within a cell

Finnish: metaplasma
Tagalog: lakdawkaphay

See also

(linguistics): clipping

Further reading

metaplasm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia