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A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ploce
repetition of a word in a different case or inflection in the same sentence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: repetition
Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πολύπτωτον (polúptōton), neuter of πολύπτωτος (polúptōtos, “having many cases”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
polyptoton
— stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case
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Finnish:
polyptoton
— stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case
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French:
polyptote
— stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case
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German:
Polyptoton
— stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case
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Italian:
poliptoto
— stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case
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Portuguese:
poliptoto
— stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case
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Russian:
полиптотон
(poliptoton)
— stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case
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Russian:
многопаде́жие
(mnogopadéžije)
— stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case
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Spanish:
políptoton
— stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case
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Spanish:
poliptoton
— stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case
