DICTIONARY ENTRY
4 SYLLABLES
metathesis
/mə'tæθɪsɪs/ · mətæθɪsɪs
Metathesis has 4 syllables: me · tath · e · sis.
me
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tath
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e
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sis
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noun. A chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB).
noun. A linguistic process of transposition of sounds or syllables within a word or words within a sentence.
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