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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντιμεταβολή (antimetabolḗ).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.t͡ʃi.meˈta.bo.li/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.t͡ʃi.meˈta.bo.le/
Noun
antimetábole f (plural antimetáboles)
- (rhetoric) antimetabole (the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order)