Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μετάβασις (metábasis, passage across) with -ση (-si) ending.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meˈta.va.si/
  • Hyphenation: με‧τά‧βα‧ση

Noun

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μετάβαση (metávasif (plural μεταβάσεις)

  1. going across, passage across, crossover
  2. transition, changeover, shift, switchover (the process of change from one form, state, style or place to another)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ μετάβαση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language