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Etymology
From LL. term|tmesis#Laitn|tm�sis < AGr. term|scpolytonic|�μ��ι�|trtm�sis||a cutting.

Pronunciation
a|Canada|RP|US: IPA|/t��mi�sɪs/|/�mi�sɪs/, SAMPA|/t@"mi:sIs/|/"mi:sIs/
audio|en-us-tmesis.ogg|Audio (US), audio|en-us-tmesis-2.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|i�sɪs

Noun
en-noun|tmes|es

1. prosody The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.

#: Example: How bright the chit and chat, inserting term|and into term|chit-chat
Synonyms
tumbarumba

Translations
trans-top|insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word
Bosnian: t|bs|tmeza|f
Bulgarian: t|bg|�мези�|m|sc=Cyrl
Croatian: t|hr|tmeza|f
Dutch: t-|nl|tmesis|f
French: t|fr|tmèse|f
German: t-|de|Tmesis|f
Greek: t|el|�μή�ι�|f|trtmésis|scGrek
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Italian: t|it|tmesi|f
Japanese: t|ja|��|sc=Jpan (����, kirihana)
Polish: t|pl|tmeza|f
Russian: t|ru|�мези�|m|sc=Cyrl
Serbian: t|sr|tmeza|f
Spanish: t-|es|tmesis|f
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See also
diacope
dystmesis
infix

fr:tmesis
gl:tmesis
vi:tmesis
tr:tmesis

• 2007-11-28 18:02 - DCDuring - rm see Tmesis

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