circumlocution

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

circonlocuzione

arzigogolo

perifrasi

giro di parole

sinonimi

periphrasis

euphemism

euphuism

indirectness

roundabout

indirect expression

ambage

loquacity

obliqueness

roving

verbosity

roundabout expression

periphrase

rambling discourse

roundaboutation

circumbendibus

diffuseness

discursiveness

euphemistic

garrulity

indirect

Traduzioni

périphrase

circonlocution

circunlocución

περίφραση

circunlóquio

perífrasis

Umschreibung

circumloqui

perífrasi

circumlocució

circunlocução

glimpflich

Periphrase

πολυλογία

Umschweife

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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”).