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metathesizes

metathesizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 metathesizes

What is metathesizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Metathesizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of metathesize.

Words near metathesizes in the dictionary

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

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