en circumlocution (n)

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • ca circumlocució (n, communication) ➜
  • ca circumloqui (n, communication) ➜
  • ca perífrasi (n, communication) ➜
  • en ambage (n, communication) ➜
  • en periphrasis ➜
  • en indirect expression (n, communication) ➜
  • en periphrasis (n, communication) ➜
  • es perífrasis (n, communication) ➜
  • eu hinki-hanka (n, communication) ➜
  • eu ingurumari (n, communication) ➜
  • eu itzulinguru (n, communication) ➜
  • eu zirkunlokuzio (n, communication) ➜
  • fa دوپهلوگویی (n, communication) ➜
  • fi epäsuora ilmaus (n, communication) ➜
  • fi kiertely (n, communication) ➜
  • fi kiertoilmaus (n, communication) ➜
  • fi kiertoilmausten käyttö (n, communication) ➜
  • fi perifraasi (n, communication) ➜
  • fr périphrase (n, communication) ➜
  • fr temps périphrastique (n, communication) ➜
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Related terms

  • en circumlocute ➜
  • en expression ➜
  • en indirect ➜
  • en locution ➜
  • en roundabout ➜
  • fr circonlocution ➜

Derived terms

  • en circumlocutional ➜
  • en circumlocutionary ➜
  • en circumlocutious ➜
  • en circumlocutory ➜

circumlocution is a type of…

  • en evasion (n, communication) ➜
  • en verboseness (n, communication) ➜

Context of this term

  • fr rhétorique ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 106774053-n
  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 107104571-n
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