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itacism

itacism is the alternative form of iotacism.

Meaning of iotacism

Noun

iotacism (countable and uncountable, plural iotacisms)

  1. Pronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation, especially in Greek.
  2. A misspelling resulting from such pronunciation.

Forms of itacism

pluralitacisms

Origin of itacism

Named after iotacism, shifting the pronunciation of the name of letter η (eta) from /ɛːta/ to /ita/ in Greek.

Questions about itacism

What is itacism the alternative form of?
Itacism is the alternative form of iotacism.

Words near itacism in the dictionary

  1. ita-bag
  2. ita-bags
  3. Itabashi
  4. itabirite
  5. Itaboraian
  6. itacism
  7. itacisms
  8. itacist
  9. itacistic
  10. itacists
  11. itacitinib

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Adapted from Wiktionary: itacism (page history and authors); iotacism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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