interjection

1. An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
2. An interruption; something interjected

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪn.təˈdʒɛk.ʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: interjeccioun

Cognate with Old English: betwēoxāworpennes

In summary

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.

Synonyms

exclamation

❗

ejaculation

𐐮𐑌𐐻𐐲𐑉𐐾𐐯𐐿𐑇𐐲𐑌

cry

😢

interposition

interpellation

interpolation

dreadful

incredulity

implying Recollection

call

also

interruption

obiter dictum

objection

ought

outcry

tone

vociferation

ecphonesis

exclamation of surprise

exclaim

exclaiming