circumlocution

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

περίφραση

πολυλογία

Συνώνυμα

periphrasis

euphemism

euphuism

indirectness

roundabout

indirect expression

ambage

loquacity

obliqueness

roving

verbosity

roundabout expression

periphrase

rambling discourse

roundaboutation

circumbendibus

diffuseness

discursiveness

euphemistic

garrulity

indirect

Μεταφράσεις

périphrase

circonlocuzione

circonlocution

circunlocución

circunlóquio

perífrasis

Umschreibung

circumloqui

circunlocução

perífrasi

circumlocució

arzigogolo

perifrasi

euphémisme

glimpflich

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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”).