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circumlocution meaning in Bengali

বাক্যবাহুল্য

/ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən/US/ˌsɝkəmləˈkjuʃən/

circumlocution in Bengali: বাক্যবাহুল্য, ঘুরিয়ে কথা বলা. In English, circumlocution means a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus.

Bengali words for circumlocution

বাক্যবাহুল্য, ঘুরিয়ে কথা বলা

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.

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Questions about circumlocution in Bengali

What is the meaning of circumlocution in Bengali?
Circumlocution in Bengali is বাক্যবাহুল্য, ঘুরিয়ে কথা বলা.
circumlocution এর বাংলা অর্থ কী?
Circumlocution: বাক্যবাহুল্য, ঘুরিয়ে কথা বলা.
What does circumlocution mean in English?
Circumlocution means a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus.

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Bengali words from Bengali Wiktionary: circumlocution (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: circumlocution (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Bengali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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