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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'tmesis' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions tmesis noun (tmes, es) (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) Translations:  Dutch: tmesis(nl)f French: (t, fr, tmèse, f) German: Tmesis(de)f Italian: (t, it, tmesi, f) Spanish: tmesis(es)f (trans-bottom) Etymology: From (term, tmesisLaitn, tmÄsis) < Ancient Greek (term, sc=polytonic, á, tr=tmÄsis, , a cutting).        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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