"chiasm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkaɪ.æzəm/ Forms: chiasms [plural]
Etymology: Latin; in sense 1, from chiasma, from Ancient Greek χίασμα (khiasma); in sense 2, from chiasmus, from Ancient Greek χιασμός (khiasmos "crossing, diagonal arrangement"), from χιάζειν (khiázein, “to mark with a chi”), from χ (kh, “chi”) Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|chiasma}} chiasma, {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|la|chiasmus}} chiasmus, {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|χιάζειν||to mark with a chi}} χιάζειν (khiázein, “to mark with a chi”), {{m|grc|χ||chi}} χ (kh, “chi”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chiasm (plural chiasms)
  1. Alternative form of chiasma Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: chiasma Translations (alternative form of chiasma): χίασμα (khíasma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), χίασμα (chíasma) [neuter] (Modern Greek)
    Sense id: en-chiasm-en-noun-NMwvn34N Disambiguation of 'alternative form of chiasma': 78 22
  2. Alternative form of chiasmus Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: chiasmus Translations (alternative form of chiasmus): χιασμός (khiasmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), χιασμός (chiasmós) [masculine] (Modern Greek)
    Sense id: en-chiasm-en-noun-E~zkzBJx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'alternative form of chiasmus': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: optic chiasm

Noun [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French chiasme. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|chiasme|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French chiasme, {{bor+|ro|fr|chiasme}} Borrowed from French chiasme Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|chiasme}} chiasm n (plural chiasme) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun|g=n|gpd=chiasmelor|gpi=chiasme|gsd=chiasmului|gsi=chiasm|n=|npd=chiasmele|npi=chiasme|nsd=chiasmul|nsi=chiasm|vp=chiasmelor|vs=chiasmule}} Forms: chiasme [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], chiasm [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un chiasm [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], chiasmul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], chiasme [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], niște chiasme [accusative, indefinite, nominative, plural], chiasmele [accusative, definite, nominative, plural], chiasm [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui chiasm [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], chiasmului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], chiasme [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], unor chiasme [dative, genitive, indefinite, plural], chiasmelor [dative, definite, genitive, plural], chiasmule [singular, vocative], chiasmelor [plural, vocative]
  1. (rhetoric) chiasmus Tags: neuter, rhetoric Categories (topical): Figures of speech
    Sense id: en-chiasm-ro-noun-meOXdobR Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian countable nouns",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian neuter nouns",
        "Romanian nouns",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French",
        "ro:Figures of speech"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chiasmus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rhetoric",
          "rhetoric"
        ],
        [
          "chiasmus",
          "chiasmus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rhetoric) chiasmus"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "rhetoric"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chiasm"
}

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