tautology

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• Received-Pronunciation: /tɔˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /toːˈtɔləd͡ʒi/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• /tɔˈtɑləd͡ʒi/ without the cot–caught merger
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• cot-caught-merger: /tɑˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
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• General-American: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Scotland: /tɔˈtɔləd͡ʒe/
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• rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
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From Late Latin tautologia, from Ancient Greek ταὐτολογία (tautología) from ταὐτός (tautós, “the same”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation”). By surface analysis, tauto- + -logy.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: повторение (povtorenie) — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Catalan: tautologia — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Danish: tautologi — uncountable: redundant use of words
• French: tautologie — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Galician: tautoloxía — uncountable: redundant use of words
• German: Pleonasmus — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Greek: ταυτολογία (taftología) — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Greek: πλεονασμός (pleonasmós) — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Japanese: 同語反復 (dōgo hanpuku) — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Japanese: トートロジー (tōtorojī) — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Occitan: tautologia — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Polish: pleonazm — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Polish: tautologia — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Polish: masło maślane — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Portuguese: tautologia — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Portuguese: pleonasmo — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Portuguese: redundância — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Romanian: tautologie — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Romanian: pleonasm — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Russian: тавтоло́гия (tavtológija) — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Scottish Gaelic: ath-bhriathrachas — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Serbo-Croatian: zalihost — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Serbo-Croatian: redundancija — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Spanish: tautología — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Spanish: pleonasmo — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Spanish: redundancia — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Swedish: tautologi — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Tagalog: pagpapaliguy-ligoy — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Ukrainian: тавтоло́гія (tavtolóhija) — uncountable: redundant use of words
• Chinese: 套套邏輯 /套套逻辑 — expression that features tautology
• Chinese: 套套逻辑 (tàotàoluóji) — expression that features tautology
• Chinese: 廢話 /废话 (fèihuà) — expression that features tautology
• Chinese: 废话 (fèihuà) — expression that features tautology
• Danish: tautologi — expression that features tautology
• Dutch: tautologie — expression that features tautology
• Finnish: tautologia — expression that features tautology
• Finnish: toisto — expression that features tautology
• French: tautologie — expression that features tautology
• French: lapalissade — expression that features tautology
• French: pléonasme — expression that features tautology
• French: truisme — expression that features tautology
• German: Tautologie — expression that features tautology
• Greek: ταυτολογία (taftología) — expression that features tautology
• Hungarian: tautológia — expression that features tautology
• Italian: tautologia — expression that features tautology
• Japanese: 同語反復 (dōgo hanpuku) — expression that features tautology
• Japanese: トートロジー (tōtorojī) — expression that features tautology
• Macedonian: тавтологија (tavtologija) — expression that features tautology
• Portuguese: redundância — expression that features tautology
• Portuguese: pleonasmo — expression that features tautology
• Portuguese: tautologia — expression that features tautology
• Romanian: tautologie — expression that features tautology
• Romanian: pleonasm — expression that features tautology
• Serbo-Croatian: tautologija — expression that features tautology
• Spanish: redundancia — expression that features tautology
• Spanish: pleonasmo — expression that features tautology
• Spanish: tautología — expression that features tautology
• Swedish: tautologi — expression that features tautology
• Ukrainian: тавтоло́гія (tavtolóhija) — expression that features tautology
• Catalan: tautologia — in logic
• Czech: tautologie — in logic
• Danish: tautologi — in logic
• Dutch: tautologie — in logic
• Finnish: tautologia — in logic
• French: tautologie — in logic
• German: Tautologie — in logic
• Greek: ταυτολογία (taftología) — in logic
• Hungarian: tautológia — in logic
• Icelandic: sísanna — in logic
• Italian: tautologia — in logic
• Japanese: 恒真式 (kōshin shiki) — in logic
• Japanese: トートロジー (tōtorojī) — in logic
• Macedonian: тавтологија (tavtologija) — in logic
• Polish: tautologia — in logic
• Portuguese: tautologia — in logic
• Serbo-Croatian: tautologija — in logic
• Slovak: tautológia — in logic
• Spanish: tautología — in logic
• Swedish: tautologi — in logic
• Ukrainian: тавтоло́гія (tavtolóhija) — in logic