polysyndeton

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• /pɒlɪˈsɪndɪtɒn/
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Borrowed from Medieval Latin polysyndeton, itself from Byzantine Greek πολυσύνδετον (polusúndeton, literally “many connected”).

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: полисиндетон (polisindeton) — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
• Bulgarian: многосъю́зие (mnogosǎjúzie) — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
• Catalan: polisíndeton — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
• French: polysyndète — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
• Galician: polisíndeto — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
• German: Polysyndeton — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
• Italian: polisindeto — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
• Polish: polisyndeton — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
• Portuguese: polissíndeto — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
• Spanish: polisíndeton — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
• Swedish: polysyndeton — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
• Swedish: polysyndes — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence
• Tagalog: damiugnay — the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence