periphrasis

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
2. (countable, uncountable) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.
3. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).
4. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.

Conceptes

perífrasi

circumloqui

circumlocució

Sinònims

circumlocution

ambage

periphrase

diffuseness

indirectness

rambling discourse

Traduccions

périphrase

perífrasis

perifrasi

Umschreibung

perífrase

περίφραση

omschrijving

الإسهاب

dolaylı anlatım

Periphrase

circonlocution

temps périphrastique

circonlocuzione

circunlóquio

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pəˈɹɪfɹəsɪs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis).