"chiasm" meaning in English

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Noun

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, {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek 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': 77 23
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'alternative form of chiasmus': 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: optic chiasm

Inflected forms

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