| Definitions | | interjection |
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noun
- (grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion. An interruption; something interjected, as ah, hey, wow, yippee, yikes, etc.
Translations: - Dutch: tussenwerpsel
- French: interjection
Etymology: cFrom Medieval French (13c.), from w:Latin, Latin interjectionem (nom. interjectio) a throwing or placing between from past participle stem of intericere, from inter- between + -icere, combining form of jacere to throw.
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