Definition
A speech defect or linguistic phenomenon where the letter 'eta' (Greek ē) is pronounced or used incorrectly or inconsistently.
Etymology
From Greek 'eta' (the letter H, ἦτα) plus '-ism' indicating a condition or doctrine. It developed as a technical term in linguistics and classics to describe pronunciation issues with the Greek vowel.
Kelly Says
Ancient Greek had a vowel sound (eta) that Latin didn't, so when Latin speakers tried to speak Greek, they often mispronounced it—'etacism' is basically the linguistic version of a regional accent!
Translations
ARالعربية
إيتاشيزم
i-ta-shi-zm
BNবাংলা
এটাছিজম
e-ta-chi-zm
CACatalà
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
CSČeština
etacismus
e-ta-ci-zmus
DADansk
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
DEDeutsch
Ethakismus
e-tha-ki-smoos
ELΕλληνικά
ητακισμός
e-ta-ki-smoos
ESEspañol
etacismo
e-ta-si-smo
FAفارسی
اتاشيزم
e-ta-she-zm
FISuomi
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
FRFrançais
éthacisme
e-ta-si-zhm
GUGU
એટાસિઝમ
e-ta-si-zham
HEעברית
אֶתָצִיסְמוֹ
e-ta-tsi-smo
HIहिन्दी
एटासीज़्म
e-ta-si-zm
HUMagyar
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
IDBahasa Indonesia
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
ITItaliano
etacismo
e-ta-si-smo
JA日本語
エタシズム
e-ta-shi-zumu
KMKM
អេតាសិសម
a-e-ta-si-sam
MSBahasa Melayu
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
MYမြန်မာ
အဲတာစိစမ
a-e-ta-si-sam
NLNederlands
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
NONorsk
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
PLPolski
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
PTPortuguês
etacismo
e-ta-si-smo
RORomână
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
RUРусский
этакизм
e-ta-ki-zm
SVSvenska
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
SWKiswahili
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
TAதமிழ்
எட்டாசிசம்
e-tta-si-sam
TEతెలుగు
ఎటాసిజం
e-ta-si-jam
THไทย
เอทาซิสม
ae-ta-si-sm
TRTürkçe
etacism
e-ta-si-zm
UKУкраїнська
етакизм
e-ta-ki-zm
URاردو
ایٹاشزم
i-ta-shi-zm
VITiếng Việt
etacism
e-ta-si-zm