interjection en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English interjeccioun, from Old French interjection (13th century), from Latin interiectiōnem, accusative singular of interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), perfect passive participle of intericiō (“throw or place between”), from inter (“between”) + iaciō (“throw”). Displaced Old English betwēoxāworpennes (literally “between-thrown-out-ness”), a calque of the Latin.
Meanings
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An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
Some evidence confirming our suspicions that topicalised and dislocated constituents occupy different sentence positions comes from Greenberg (1984). He notes that in colloquial speech the interjection man can occur after dislocated constituents, but not after topicalised constituents: cf. (21) (a) Bill, man, I really hate him (dislocated NP) (21) (b) ^✽Bill, man, I really hate (topicalised NP)
1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 10, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 533:322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
1844, E. A. Andrews, First Lessions in Latin; or Introduction to Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar, 6th edition, Boston, page 91:
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An interruption; something interjected
Mnuchin, asked about climate change in a CNBC interview after his comments about Thunberg, argued there were bigger issues that also needed to be addressed. When a host noted clean air rules as an example of something that might be more urgent, Mnuchin ignored the interjection.
2020 January 23, Philip Bump, “Mnuchin said Thunberg needed to study economics before offering climate proposals. So we talked to an economist.”, in Washington Post:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| interjections | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
interjectionary · note of interjection · interjection point
Relateds
vocative · interjectional · interject · interjectory
Synonyms
interpolation (interruption) · interj. · intercalation (interruption) · insertion (interruption) · exclamation · interj
Translations (123)
fa-ira نِدا (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · sw kihisishi (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ps ندائيه (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · yue 感嘆詞 /感叹词 (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ka შორისდებული (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · cmn 中斷 /中断 (interruption) · sd حَرف نِدا (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ur فُجائِیَّہ (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · it intervento (interruption) · id interjeksi (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · eo interjekcio (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · pt interjeição (interruption) · ru междоме́тие (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · fi huudahdussana (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · az nida (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · be вы́гук (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ms kata seru (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · tt ымлык (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · de Interjektion (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · fi interjektio (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · fi kiihtosana (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · lo ຄຳອຸທານ (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · el επιφώνημα (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · it interiezione (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ja 感嘆詞 (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ba ымлыҡ (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · bn মধ্যে নিক্ষেপ (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · cy ebychair (interruption) · ky сырдык сөз (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · grc ἐπιφώνημα (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · uz nido (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ja 間投詞 (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · fa-ira حَرْفِ نِدا (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · hu közbevetés (interruption) · pt interjeição (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · eu interjekzioa (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · uk ви́гук (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · rsk викричнїк (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · fi keskeytys (interruption) · ja 感動詞 (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · vi thán từ (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · de Empfindungswort (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · tl abala (interruption) · be выклі́чнік (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · nl tussenwerpsel (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · he מִלַּת קְרִיאָה (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · tg нидо (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · uz undov (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · da udråbsord (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · vi từ cảm thán (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · fo miðalvarping (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · nn interjeksjon (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · yue 嘆詞 /叹词 (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · de Ausrufewort (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · cmn 干擾 (interruption) · kmr nîda (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · my အာမေဍိတ် (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · hu beszúrás (interruption) · ast interxeición (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · pl wykrzyknik (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · hu mondatszó (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · id kata seru (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · tl pandamdam (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · lt jaustukas (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · tr ünlem (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · sl medmet (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · sh ȕzvīk (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · cmn 嘆詞 /叹词 (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · fr interjection (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · sw kiingizi (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ru вмеша́тельство (interruption) · kmr baneşan (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · gl interxección (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · lo ອຸທານ (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · km ឧទានសព្ទ (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · gd clisgear (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ml വ്യാക്ഷേപകം (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · lv izsauksmes vārds (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · th คำอุทาน (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · tl paghinto (interruption) · hi विस्मयादिबोधक (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ru восклица́ние (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ko 감탄사 (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · is upphrópun (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · cy ebychiad (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ug ئىملىق (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · tr nida (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · km ឧទាន (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ca interjecció (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · izh interjektsia (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · sq pasthirrmë (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ro interjecție (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ru перебива́ние (interruption) · cmn 打斷 /打断 (interruption) · cmn 感嘆詞 /感叹词 (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · et hüüdsõna (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · izh kiljahussana (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · nb interjeksjon (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · th อุทาน (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ang betwēoxāworpennes (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · hu indulatszó (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ce айдардош (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · el παρεμβολή (interruption) · sh у̏звӣк (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · sat ᱦᱟᱱᱟᱣ (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ga intriacht (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · sk citoslovce (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · kk одағай (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · la interiectiō (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · oc interjeccion (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · lv interjekcija (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · gd eadar-chur (interruption) · bg междуме́тие (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · tk nida (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · hy ձայնարկություն (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · sv interjektion (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · cs citoslovce (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · mn аялга үг (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · cy ebychiad (interruption) · ar حَرْف نِدَاء (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · es interjección (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · ur حَرْفِ نِدا (exclamation or filled pause in grammar) · hu közbeszólás (interruption)