periphrasis

Anlam (İngilizce)

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.

Kavramlar

dolaylı anlatım

Eş anlamlılar

circumlocution

ambage

periphrase

diffuseness

indirectness

rambling discourse

Çeviriler

périphrase

perífrasis

perifrasi

perífrasi

Umschreibung

perífrase

omschrijving

περίφραση

الإسهاب

circunlóquio

circumlocució

circumloqui

Periphrase

circonlocution

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir

/pəˈɹɪfɹəsɪs/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

From Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis).