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circumlocution meaning in Kannada

ಬಳಸುನುಡಿ

/ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən/US/ˌsɝkəmləˈkjuʃən/

circumlocution in Kannada: ಬಳಸುನುಡಿ, ಬಳಸು ಮಾತು, ಲಂಬೋಕ್ತಿ, ಜಾರುಮಾತು. In English, circumlocution means a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus.

Kannada words for circumlocution

ಬಳಸುನುಡಿ, ಬಳಸು ಮಾತು, ಲಂಬೋಕ್ತಿ, ಜಾರುಮಾತು, ಹೊರಳುಮಾತು, ಕೆಲಸವು ನೆರವೇರದಂತೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಉಪಾಯ

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 Kannada

What is the meaning of circumlocution in Kannada?
Circumlocution in Kannada is ಬಳಸುನುಡಿ, ಬಳಸು ಮಾತು, ಲಂಬೋಕ್ತಿ, ಜಾರುಮಾತು.
circumlocution ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Circumlocution: ಬಳಸುನುಡಿ, ಬಳಸು ಮಾತು, ಲಂಬೋಕ್ತಿ, ಜಾರುಮಾತು.
What does circumlocution mean in English?
Circumlocution means a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus.

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Kannada words from Kannada 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 Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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