| Definitions | | tmesis |
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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
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Etymology: From (term, tmesisLaitn, tmÄsis) < Ancient Greek (term, sc=polytonic, á, tr=tmÄsis, , a cutting).
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