metaphrase

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. A literal, word-for-word translation.
2. An answering phrase; repartee.

Verb

To make such a literal translation.

Sinônimos

translation

paraphrase

rendition

version

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Ancient Greek μεταφράζομαι (metaphrázomai, “consider after”). By surface analysis, meta- + phrase.