anastrophe
anas·tro·phe
anastrophe · anastrophes
анастрофа
Anastrophe, Inversion
Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentenceUnusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
/əˈnæstɹəfi/
» Anastrophe, by switching around words, has the effect of emphasizing text.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
Anastrophe, Inversion
анастро́фаanastrófa
More definitions
- the reversal of the normal order of words
Examples
1 sentencesAnastrophe, by switching around words, has the effect of emphasizing text.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
switching in the syntactical order of words:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
switching in the syntactical order of words:
Origin
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + στρέφω (strépBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναστροφή (anastrophḗ), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).
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Forms
plural: anastrophes| Singular | anastrophe |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the reversal of the normal order of words:inversion
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable