Circumlocution
//ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən//
Translations of "circumlocution" (14 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | заобикалки(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), иносказание(roundabout expression), увъртане(roundabout or indirect way of speaking) | zaobikalki, inoskazanie, uvǎrtane | |
| Finnish | jaarittelu(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), kiertely(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), kiertoilmaus(roundabout expression), pyörittely(roundabout or indirect way of speaking) | — | |
| French | circonlocution(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), périphrase(roundabout or indirect way of speaking) | — | |
| German | Umschweife(roundabout or indirect way of speaking) | — | |
| Greek | περίφραση(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), περίφραση(roundabout expression), πολυλογία(roundabout or indirect way of speaking) | perífrasi, perífrasi, polylogía | |
| Hungarian | kertelés(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), köntörfalazás(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), körülírás(roundabout expression) | — | |
| Italian | circonlocuzione(roundabout expression), giro di parole(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), perifrasi(roundabout or indirect way of speaking) | — | |
| Latin | circumlocūtiō(roundabout expression) | — | |
| Persian | اطناب(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), درازگویی(roundabout or indirect way of speaking) | etnâb, derâz-guyi | |
| Portuguese | circunlocução(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), circunlocução(roundabout expression), circunlóquio(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), circunlóquio(roundabout expression) | — | |
| Spanish | ambages(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), circunlocución(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), circunlocución(roundabout expression), circunloquio(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), rodeos(roundabout or indirect way of speaking) | — | |
| Swedish | omskrivning(roundabout expression), omsvep(roundabout or indirect way of speaking) | — | |
| Vietnamese | giải ngữ(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), giải ngữ(roundabout expression), ngữ giải thích(roundabout or indirect way of speaking), ngữ giải thích(roundabout expression) | — | |
| Welsh | cylchymadrodd(roundabout expression) | — |
jaarittelu, kiertely, kiertoilmaus, pyörittely
circonlocution, périphrase
Umschweife
kertelés, köntörfalazás, körülírás
circonlocuzione, giro di parole, perifrasi
circumlocūtiō
circunlocução, circunlocução, circunlóquio, circunlóquio
ambages, circunlocución, circunlocución, circunloquio, rodeos
omskrivning, omsvep
giải ngữ, giải ngữ, ngữ giải thích, ngữ giải thích
cylchymadrodd
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