circumlocution

Significat (Anglès)

1. (uncountable) A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus
2. (uncountable) A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus:
3. (uncountable) A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus:
4. (countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.

Conceptes

perífrasi

circumloqui

circumlocució

Sinònims

periphrasis

euphemism

euphuism

indirectness

roundabout

indirect expression

ambage

loquacity

obliqueness

roving

verbosity

roundabout expression

periphrase

rambling discourse

roundaboutation

circumbendibus

diffuseness

discursiveness

euphemistic

garrulity

indirect

Traduccions

périphrase

circonlocuzione

circonlocution

circunlocución

περίφραση

circunlóquio

Umschreibung

perífrasis

perifrasi

arzigogolo

circunlocução

euphémisme

πολυλογία

indirect

umschreibend

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Latin circumlocūtiō (“the act of speaking around; circumlocution, periphrasis”). By surface analysis, circum- (“around”) + locution (“talk”), thus "getting around (a problem) in speaking or writing". Probably a calque of Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis, “periphrasis”).