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metathesaurus

metathesaurus noun: a multilanguage thesaurus, typically concerning a single specialist subject.

Noun

metathesaurus (plural metathesauri or metathesauruses)

  1. A multilanguage thesaurus, typically concerning a single specialist subject

Forms of metathesaurus

pluralmetathesauri
pluralmetathesauruses

Origin of metathesaurus

From meta- + thesaurus.

Questions about metathesaurus

What does metathesaurus mean?
Metathesaurus means a multilanguage thesaurus, typically concerning a single specialist subject.
What part of speech is metathesaurus?
Metathesaurus is a noun.
What is the plural of metathesaurus?
The plural of metathesaurus is metathesauri.

Words near metathesaurus in the dictionary

  1. metatheory
  2. metatherial
  3. metatherian
  4. metatherians
  5. metathesauri
  6. metathesaurus
  7. metathesauruses
  8. metatheses
  9. metathesiophobia
  10. metathesis
  11. metathesise

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