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Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds.
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Usage: rhetoric
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell.
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Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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From Latin metaplasmus from Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تغيير
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Breton:
metaplasmenn
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Catalan:
metaplasme
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Danish:
metaplasme
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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French:
métaplasme
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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German:
Metaplasmus
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Greek:
μεταπλασμός
(metaplasmós)
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Ancient Greek:
μεταπλασμός
(metaplasmós)
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Hungarian:
metaplazmus
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Japanese:
語音変異
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Latin:
metaplasmus
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Occitan:
metaplasme
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Polish:
metaplazm
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Portuguese:
metaplasmo
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Portuguese:
metaplasma
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Russian:
метапласм
(metaplasm)
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Spanish:
metaplasmo
— linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds
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Finnish:
metaplasma
— biology: small particle within a cell
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Polish:
metaplazm
— biology: small particle within a cell
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Tagalog:
lakdawkaphay
— biology: small particle within a cell