quantitative metathesis (English, noun)
expansion: quantitative metathesis (countable and uncountable, plural quantitative metatheses)
Senses:
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glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: quantitative metatheses
tags: plural