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Meaning of hipèrbaton | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
[iˈpɛr.bə.tun]

Definitions

hyperbaton (figure of construction that consists of an alteration of the grammatical order of words)

masculine, rhetoric

Equivalents

Deutsch Hyperbaton
Ελληνικά υπερβατό
English hyperbaton
Français hyperbate
Italiano iperbato
日本語 転置法
Nederlands hyperbaton
Português hipérbato
Русский гипербатон

Examples

“No ens entretindrem ara en analitzar de manera minuciosa tots i cadascun dels tipus d'hipèrbaton que apareixen, vers rere vers, tot al llarg de l'obra poètica del nostre autor, però no podem deixar de fer un incís per tal d'ocupar-nos d'un tipus d'hipèrbaton característic, concretament el que inicia el poema II del "Matalàs de tota llana":”

We will not entertain ourselves now by minutely analyzing each and every type of hyperbaton that appears, line by line, all along the poetic work of our author, but we cannot fail to make an incision in order to deal with a characteristic type of hyperbaton, specifically the one that begins poem II of "Matalàs de tota llana":

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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