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metathesise

metathesise is the alternative form of metathesize.

Meaning of metathesize

Verb

metathesize (third-person singular simple present metathesizes, present participle metathesizing, simple past and past participle metathesized)

  1. To undergo or to subject to metathesis; of sounds, to switch positions in a word.
    • Cases like mu·yh : mu·hyut may be accounted for under a rule that clusters of h plus sonorant metathesize in word-final position.1939, Morris Swadesh & C. F. Voegelin, A Problem in Phonological Alternation, in Language, Vol. 15, No. 1

Forms of metathesise

third-person singular presentmetathesises
present participlemetathesising
past participlemetathesised
pastmetathesised

Questions about metathesise

What is metathesise the alternative form of?
Metathesise is the alternative form of metathesize.

Words near metathesise in the dictionary

  1. metathesaurus
  2. metathesauruses
  3. metatheses
  4. metathesiophobia
  5. metathesis
  6. metathesise
  7. metathesised
  8. metathesises
  9. metathesising
  10. metathesize
  11. metathesized

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