English Dictionary

metathesis

IPA（発音記号）

/mə.ˈtæ.θə.sɪs/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(phonetics, prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/. / (inorganic chemistry) The double decomposition of inorganic salts.

日本語の意味

（音声学・韻律学）単語内の文字、音節、音の順序が入れ替わる現象（例：askが/æks/となる現象） / （無機化学）無機塩の二重分解反応

In historical linguistics, metathesis explains why words like 'ask' sometimes appear as 'aks' in certain dialects.

歴史言語学では、語内での文字・音節・音の入れ替え（音の転置）が、「ask」のような単語が特定の方言でしばしば「aks」と現れる理由を説明します。

意味（1）

(phonetics, prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/.

意味（2）

(inorganic chemistry) The double decomposition of inorganic salts.

意味（3）

(organic chemistry) The breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped.

metatheses （ plural ）