Periphrasis
//pəˈɹɪfɹəsɪs//
Translations of "periphrasis" (13 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asturian | perífrasis(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | — | |
| Catalan | perífrasi(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | — | |
| Finnish | perifraasi(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | — | |
| French | périphrase(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | — | |
| Galician | perífrase(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | — | |
| Greek | περίφραση(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | perífrasi | |
| Hungarian | körülírás(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | — | |
| Italian | perifrasi(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | — | |
| Kazakh | бүкпе сөз(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one), перифраза(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | bükpe söz, perifraza | |
| Portuguese | perífrase(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | — | |
| Russian | перифра́з(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one), перифра́за(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | perifráz, perifráza | |
| Spanish | perífrasis(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | — | |
| Swedish | perifras(use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one) | — |
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