périphrastique
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφραστικός (periphrastikós).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
périphrastique (plural périphrastiques)
- (rhetoric) periphrastic (characterized by periphrase or circumlocution)
- (grammar, of a tense) periphrastic (formed by a combination of words rather than morphemes)
- Synonym: analytique
- Antonym: synthétique
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “périphrastique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.