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A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marrowsky
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative letter-case form of spoonerism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slip of the tongue
From Spooner + -ism, named after Oxford don Reverend W. A. Spooner (1844–1930), who is supposed to have habitually made such slip-ups.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Breton:
treuzviezadenn
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Catalan:
contrapet
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Catalan:
antístrofa
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Chinese Mandarin:
首音互换
(shǒuyīn hùhuàn)
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Danish:
bakke snagvendt
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Dutch:
spoonerisme
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Esperanto:
kontraŭknalo
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Finnish:
sananmuunnos
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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French:
contrepèterie
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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French:
contrepet
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Greek:
παραδρομή γλώσσας
(paradromí glóssas)
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Hungarian:
szpúnerizmus
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Hungarian:
szavakon átívelő metatézis
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Italian:
spoonerismo
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Japanese:
語音転換
(goon tenkan)
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Korean:
두음전환
(dueumjeonhwan)
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Manx:
Spooneraght
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Polish:
gra półsłówek
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Polish:
spuneryzm
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Portuguese:
trocadilho
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Portuguese:
spoonerismo
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Portuguese:
antístrofe
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Russian:
спунери́зм
(spunerízm)
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Russian:
спунери́зм
(spunɛrízm)
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Russian:
каламбу́р
(kalambúr)
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Spanish:
espunerismo
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Spanish:
espunerismos
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Spanish:
retruécano
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Thai:
คําผวน
(kam-pǔuan)
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Vietnamese:
(phép) nói lái
— phrase where sounds are transposed
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Vietnamese:
(phép) nói trại
— phrase where sounds are transposed
