Definition of enallage Enallage

en•al•la•ge

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What does enallage mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: enallages

enallage - a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I')
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • enallage (Noun)
    Transformation from one grammatically correct form to another.
  • enallage (Noun)
    The substitution of one grammatical form for another that violates a grammatical rule.
  • enallage (Noun)
    An application of enallage.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • enallage (n.)
    A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • enallage
    en-al′a-jē, n. (gram.) the exchange of one case, mood, or tense for another. [Gr.,—en, and allassein, to change.]

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