Definizione monolingua

periphrasis

periphrasis (plural periphrases)

1. The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example ""I am going to"" instead of ""I will"".
2. (linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.
3. (rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a species of circumlocution)
4. (rhetoric) The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.

Definizione dizionario periphrasis

perifrasi

Altri significati:

The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".

(linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.

(rhetoric) The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.

(rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a species of circumlocution)