metaplasm

English

Etymology

Noun

metaplasm (plural metaplasms)

(linguistics) Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds
(biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell

Hyponyms

(linguistics): epenthesis, paragoge, prothesis; diaeresis, aphaeresis, apocope, ellipsis, ecthlipsis, synaloepha, synaeresis, syncope, systole; metathesis; antisthecon

Translations

linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds

French: métaplasme (fr)
Latin: metaplasmus

Occitan: metaplasme m
Spanish: metaplasmo (es) m

biology: small particle within a cell

Tagalog: lakdawkaphay

Further reading

metaplasm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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