interjection
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interjection
- /ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/ UK
- /ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/ US
Rhymes with -ɛkʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English interjeccioun, from Old French interjection (13th century), from Latin interiectiōnem, accusative singular of interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), perfect passive participle of intericiō (“throw or place between”), from inter (“between”) + iaciō (“throw”). Displaced Old English betwēoxāworpennes (literally “between-thrown-out-ness”), a calque of the Latin.
noun interjections
- A phrase or word with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence but which serves to express emotion or as a filled pause; an exclamation. 322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
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Something which is interjected; an interruption.
Mnuchin, asked about climate change in a CNBC interview after his comments about Thunberg, argued there were bigger issues that also needed to be addressed. When a host noted clean air rules as an example of something that might be more urgent, Mnuchin ignored the interjection.
Similar: insertion, intercalation, interpolation
Translations
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noun phrase or word with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence but which serves to expressing emotion or as a filled pause
| Español | interjección |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 감탄사 gamtansa |
| 日本語 | 感嘆詞 kantanshi, 間投詞 kantōshi, 感動詞 kandōshi |
| 中文 | 感嘆詞 /感叹词 gǎntàncí, 嘆詞 /叹词 tàncí |
| हिन्दी | विस्मयादिबोधक vismayādibodhak |
| Kiswahili | kihisishi, kiingizi |
| Português | interjeição |
| Français | interjection |
| Deutsch | Interjektion, Ausrufewort, Empfindungswort |
| Italiano | interiezione |
| Ελληνικά | επιφώνημα epifónima |
| Română | interjecție |
| Русский | междоме́тие meždométije, восклица́ние vosklicánije |
| Tiếng Việt | thán từ, từ cảm thán |
| العربية | حَرْف نِدَاء ḥarf nidāʔ |
| עברית | מִלַּת קְרִיאָה milát kriá |
noun something interjected — see also interruption
| 中文 | 中斷 /中断 zhōngduàn, 干擾 gānrǎo, 打斷 /打断 dǎduàn |
|---|---|
| Português | interjeição |
| Italiano | intervento |
| Ελληνικά | παρεμβολή paremvolí |
| Русский | перебива́ние perebivánije, вмеша́тельство vmešátelʹstvo |
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title = {interjection},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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