Dictionary

metaplasm en · NOUN

Etymology

From Latin metaplasmus from Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós).

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

metaplasmic

Hyponyms

synizesis · prothesis · diastole · apocope · antisthecon · metathesis · systole · diaeresis · paragoge · syncope · aphaeresis · ellipsis · epenthesis · synaeresis · ecthlipsis · synaloepha

Relateds

clipping

Translations (20)

es metaplasmo (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · pl metaplazm (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · tl lakdawkaphay (biology: small particle within a cell) · da metaplasme (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · el μεταπλασμός (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · grc μεταπλασμός (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · ru метапласм (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · fr métaplasme (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · oc metaplasme (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · ca metaplasme (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · pl metaplazm (biology: small particle within a cell) · pt metaplasma (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · de Metaplasmus (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · la metaplasmus (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · pt metaplasmo (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · br metaplasmenn (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · hu metaplazmus (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · fi metaplasma (biology: small particle within a cell) · ja 語音変異 (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds) · ar تغيير (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds)