periphrasis

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

omschrijving

Synoniemen

circumlocution

ambage

periphrase

diffuseness

indirectness

rambling discourse

Vertalingen

périphrase

perifrasi

perífrasis

perífrasi

Umschreibung

perífrase

περίφραση

circunlóquio

الإسهاب

dolaylı anlatım

circumloqui

circumlocució

Periphrase

circonlocution

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/pəˈɹɪfɹəsɪs/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis).