paraphrase

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• /ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/
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From Middle French paraphrase, from Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis). Doublet of paraphrasis.

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: перака́з (pjerakáz) — restatement of a text
• Bulgarian: прера́зказ (prerázkaz) — restatement of a text
• Dutch: parafrase — restatement of a text
• Esperanto: parafrazo — restatement of a text
• Finnish: parafraasi — restatement of a text
• French: paraphrase — restatement of a text
• Galician: paráfrase — restatement of a text
• German: Umschreibung — restatement of a text
• German: sinngemäße Wiedergabe — restatement of a text
• German: Wiedererzählung — restatement of a text
• German: Nacherzählung — restatement of a text
• Greek: παράφρασις (paráfrasis) — restatement of a text
• Ancient Greek: παράφρασις (paráphrasis) — restatement of a text
• Hebrew: פָּרַפְרָזָה (parafráza) — restatement of a text
• Hungarian: körülírás — restatement of a text
• Hungarian: átfogalmazás — restatement of a text
• Hungarian: parafrázis — restatement of a text
• Ido: parafrazo — restatement of a text
• Italian: parafrasi — restatement of a text
• Latin: paraphrasis — restatement of a text
• Malayalam: പരാവർത്തനം (parāvaṟttanaṁ) — restatement of a text
• Polish: parafraza — restatement of a text
• Portuguese: paráfrase — restatement of a text
• Russian: переска́з (pereskáz) — restatement of a text
• Russian: парафра́за (parafráza) — restatement of a text
• Spanish: paráfrasis — restatement of a text
• Tagalog: paraprase — restatement of a text
• Turkish: açım — restatement of a text
• Turkish: açımlama — restatement of a text
• Turkish: açımlanım — restatement of a text
• Turkish: şerh — restatement of a text
• Turkish: teşrih — restatement of a text
• Ukrainian: пере́каз (perékaz) — restatement of a text
• Ukrainian: парафра́за (parafráza) — restatement of a text
• Ukrainian: перефразува́ння (perefrazuvánnja) — restatement of a text
• Arabic: سَرَدَ (sarada) — to compose a paraphrase
• Bulgarian: преразка́звам (prerazkázvam) — to compose a paraphrase
• Bulgarian: преразка́жа (prerazkáža) — to compose a paraphrase
• Bulgarian: парафрази́рам (parafrazíram) — to compose a paraphrase
• Chinese Mandarin: 釋義 /释义 (shìyì) — to compose a paraphrase
• Chinese Mandarin: 意譯 /意译 (yìyì) — to compose a paraphrase
• Chinese Mandarin: 復述 /复述 (fùshù) — to compose a paraphrase
• Chinese Mandarin: 改寫 /改写 (gǎixiě) — to compose a paraphrase
• Czech: parafrázovat — to compose a paraphrase
• Esperanto: parafrazi — to compose a paraphrase
• Finnish: esittää omin sanoin — to compose a paraphrase
• Finnish: kertoa omin sanoin — to compose a paraphrase
• Finnish: mukailla — to compose a paraphrase
• French: paraphraser — to compose a paraphrase
• Galician: parafrasear — to compose a paraphrase
• German: umschreiben — to compose a paraphrase
• German: paraphrasieren — to compose a paraphrase
• German: sinngemäß wiedergeben — to compose a paraphrase
• Greek: παραφράζω (parafrázo) — to compose a paraphrase
• Ancient Greek: παραφράζω (paraphrázō) — to compose a paraphrase
• Hungarian: elmagyaráz — to compose a paraphrase
• Hungarian: körülír — to compose a paraphrase
• Hungarian: parafrazál — to compose a paraphrase
• Ido: parafrazar — to compose a paraphrase
• Japanese: 言い換える (iikaeru) — to compose a paraphrase
• Japanese: 引用する (in'yō suru) — to compose a paraphrase
• Polish: parafrazować — to compose a paraphrase
• Portuguese: parafrasear — to compose a paraphrase
• Romanian: parafraza — to compose a paraphrase
• Romanian: perifraza — to compose a paraphrase
• Russian: парафрази́ровать (parafrazírovatʹ) — to compose a paraphrase
• Russian: переска́зывать (pereskázyvatʹ) — to compose a paraphrase
• Russian: пересказа́ть (pereskazátʹ) — to compose a paraphrase
• Serbo-Croatian: parafrazirati — to compose a paraphrase
• Slovak: parafrázovať — to compose a paraphrase
• Spanish: parafrasear — to compose a paraphrase
• Swahili: fasili — to compose a paraphrase
• Thai: ถอดความ (tɔ̀ɔt-kwaam) — to compose a paraphrase
• Turkish: açımlamak — to compose a paraphrase
• Turkish: şerh etmek — to compose a paraphrase
• Turkish: teşrih etmek — to compose a paraphrase
• Ukrainian: парафразува́ти (parafrazuváty) — to compose a paraphrase
• Ukrainian: перефразо́вувати (perefrazóvuvaty) — to compose a paraphrase
• Ukrainian: перефразува́ти (perefrazuváty) — to compose a paraphrase
• Ukrainian: перека́зувати (perekázuvaty) — to compose a paraphrase
• Ukrainian: переказа́ти (perekazáty) — to compose a paraphrase