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metathesized

metathesized is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about metathesized

What is metathesized the simple past and past participle of?
Metathesized is the simple past and past participle of metathesize.

Words near metathesized in the dictionary

  1. metathesise
  2. metathesised
  3. metathesises
  4. metathesising
  5. metathesize
  6. metathesized
  7. metathesizes
  8. metathesizing
  9. metathetic
  10. metathetical
  11. metathetically

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