"enallage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛˈnæləd͡ʒiː/ Forms: enallages [plural]
Rhymes: -ælədʒi Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐναλλαγή (enallagḗ, “interchange, variation”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἐναλλαγή||interchange, variation}} Ancient Greek ἐναλλαγή (enallagḗ, “interchange, variation”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} enallage (countable and uncountable, plural enallages)
  1. (rhetoric) Transformation from one grammatically correct form to another. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-enallage-en-noun-Z6h5xC9y
  2. (rhetoric) The substitution of one grammatical form for another that violates a grammatical rule. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-enallage-en-noun-wN96XTrs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enallagy Hyponyms: alleotheta, allotheta, alleosis Related terms: hypallage

Inflected forms

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