circumlocution

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

périphrase

circonlocution

euphémisme

indirect

détourné

insinuation

temps périphrastique

Synonymes

periphrasis

euphemism

euphuism

indirectness

roundabout

indirect expression

ambage

loquacity

obliqueness

roving

verbosity

roundabout expression

periphrase

rambling discourse

roundaboutation

circumbendibus

diffuseness

discursiveness

euphemistic

garrulity

indirect

Traductions

circonlocuzione

circunlocución

περίφραση

circunlóquio

perífrasis

Umschreibung

circunlocução

circumloqui

perífrasi

perifrasi

arzigogolo

circumlocució

πολυλογία

glimpflich

Periphrase

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).