periphrasis

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From Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis).

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• 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 (perífrasi) — use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one
• 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: перифраза (perifraza) — use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one
• Kazakh: бүкпе сөз (bükpe söz) — use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one
• Portuguese: perífrase — use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one
• Russian: перифра́з (perifráz) — use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one
• Russian: перифра́за (perifráza) — use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one
• Spanish: perífrasis — use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one
• Swedish: perifras — use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one