quantitative metathesis

English

Noun

quantitative metathesis (countable and uncountable, plural quantitative metatheses)

1. (prosody) A form of metathesis or transposition involving quantity or vowel length, by which two neighboring vowels – one long, one short – switch their lengths, so that the long one becomes short, and the short one becomes long.

   Synonym: transfer of quantity

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: kvantitatiivinen metateesi
• French: métathèse de quantité f
• German: Quantitätsmetathese f
• Greek: μετάθεση ποσότητας f (metáthesi posótitas), αντιμετάθεση χρόνου f (antimetáthesi chrónou), αντιμεταχώρηση (el) f (antimetachórisi)
• Russian: коли́чественная метате́за f (kolíčestvennaja metatéza)

Further reading

• quantitative metathesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia