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  1. periphrastic:
    • Wiktionary:
      periphrastic → périphrastique
    • Synonyms for "periphrastic":
      circumlocutious; circumlocutory; ambagious; indirect


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Detailed Translations for periphrastic from English to French

periphrastic:


Translation Matrix for periphrastic:

AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- ambagious; circumlocutious; circumlocutory

Synonyms for "periphrastic":

  • circumlocutious; circumlocutory; ambagious; indirect

Related Definitions for "periphrastic":

  1. roundabout and unnecessarily wordy1
    • A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings.1

Wiktionary Translations for periphrastic:

periphrastic
adjective
  1. expressed in more words than are necessary
  2. grammar: characterized by periphrase or circumlocution
periphrastic
adjective
  1. (grammaire, fr) linguistique|fr Qui relève de la périphrase, qui constitue une périphrase.