circumlocution in Arabic

Arabic words for circumlocution

roundabout or indirect way of speaking

إطْنَاب ʔiṭnāb

English meaning of circumlocution

1. noun A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus.
2. noun Unnecessary use of extra words to express an idea, such as a pleonastic phrase (sometimes driven by an attempt at emphatic clarity) or a wordy substitution (the latter driven by euphemistic intent, pedagogic intent, or sometimes loquaciousness alone).
3. noun Necessary use of a phrase to circumvent either a vocabulary fault (of speaker or listener) or a lexical gap, either monolingually or in translation.
4. noun An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.

Full definition of circumlocution

Synonyms of circumlocution

• ambages
• periphrasis

circumlocution in other languages

• circumlocution in Tamil
• circumlocution in Bengali
• circumlocution in Malayalam
• circumlocution in Kannada
• circumlocution in Persian
• circumlocution in Vietnamese

Questions about circumlocution in Arabic

What is the meaning of circumlocution in Arabic?

Circumlocution in Arabic is إطْنَاب (ʔiṭnāb).

ما معنى كلمة circumlocution؟

Circumlocution: إطْنَاب (ʔiṭnāb).

What does circumlocution mean in English?

Circumlocution means a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus.