chiasm

English

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”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪ.æzəm/

Noun

chiasm (plural chiasms)

1. Alternative form of chiasma
2. Alternative form of chiasmus

Derived terms

• optic chiasm

Translations

alternative form of chiasma

• Greek:

  Ancient: χίασμα n (khíasma)

  Modern: χίασμα (el) n (chíasma)

alternative form of chiasmus

• Greek:

  Ancient: χιασμός m (khiasmós)

  Modern: χιασμός (el) m (chiasmós)

Anagrams

• Michas, machis, samich, simcha

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French chiasme.

Noun

chiasm n (plural chiasme)

1. (rhetoric) chiasmus

Declension

Declension of chiasm

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) chiasm	chiasmul	(niște) chiasme	chiasmele
genitive/dative	(unui) chiasm	chiasmului	(unor) chiasme	chiasmelor
vocative	chiasmule		chiasmelor