Hendiadys

//hɛnˈdaɪ.ədɪs//

Synonyms for "hendiadys"

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Translations

18 translations across 15 languages.

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Albanian

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  • hendiadyoini noun (figure of speech)

Catalan

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  • hendíadis noun (figure of speech)

Czech

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  • hendiadys noun (figure of speech)

Dutch

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  • hendiadys noun (figure of speech)

Esperanto

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  • hendiadino noun (figure of speech)

French

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  • hendiadyin noun (figure of speech)
  • hendiadys noun (figure of speech)

German

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  • Hendiadyoin noun (figure of speech)

Hungarian

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  • hendiadioin noun (figure of speech)
  • hendiadisz noun (figure of speech)

Irish

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  • einniad noun (figure of speech)

Italian

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  • endiade noun (figure of speech)

Japanese

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  • 二詞一意 noun (figure of speech)

Norwegian

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  • hendiadyoin noun (figure of speech)

Portuguese

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  • hendíadis noun (figure of speech)

Russian

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  • гендиа́дис noun (figure of speech)

Spanish

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  • endíadis noun (figure of speech)
  • hendíadis noun (figure of speech)

Sample sentences

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Some examples of hendiadys comprise two words in the bound state; others, two words in appositional hendiadys. It would seem that certain cases of appositional hendiadys are closely related to wordpairs (see WORD-PAIRS, BREAK-UP), though which way the development proceeded is far from certain.

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Each illustrates a different facet of verbal hendiadys in English.

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