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metathesizing

metathesizing is the present participle and gerund 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 metathesizing

What is metathesizing the present participle and gerund of?
Metathesizing is the present participle and gerund of metathesize.

Words near metathesizing in the dictionary

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

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