Definition of enallages Enallages

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What does enallages mean?

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  • enallages (Noun)
    Plural of enallage.

Part of speech

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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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  • 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 πŸ“˜

  • 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 πŸ“•

  • enallage
    en-alβ€²a-jΔ“, n. (gram.) the exchange of one case, mood, or tense for another. [Gr.,β€”en, and allassein, to change.]

Part of speech

πŸ”€

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