Definition of "metathesize" in Englisch

verb

1. (linguistics) To undergo or to subject to metathesis; of sounds, to switch positions in a word.

   • Cases like mu·yh : mu·hyut may be accounted for under a rule that clusters of h plus sonorant metathesize in word-final position.
   • The significance of noticing the existence of this adjective tharf by the side of the metathesized form thraf is of course apparent
   • If the first of two identical consonants in sequence is postconsonantal and the second intervocalic, metathesize the first with the following vowel (geminate roots only).