digression

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /daɪˈɡɹɛʃən/
(US) IPA^(key): /daɪˈɡɹɛʃən/, /dɪˈɡɹɛʃən/

Noun

digression (countable and uncountable, plural digressions)

A departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern.
The lectures included lengthy digressions on topics ranging from the professor's dog to the meaning of life.

Related terms

digress

Translations

departure from the subject

Armenian: շեղում (hy) (šełum), խոտորում (hy) (xotorum)
Bulgarian: отклонение (bg) n (otklonenie)
Catalan: digressió f
Czech: odbočka f
Dutch: uitweiding (nl) f
Finnish: poikkeama, poikkeaminen (fi), syrjähyppy (fi)
French: digression (fr) f
German: Exkurs (de) m, Umschweif (de) m, Abschweifung f
Polish: dygresja (pl) f

Portuguese: digressão (pt) f
Romanian: digresiune (ro) f
Russian: отступле́ние (ru) n (otstuplénije), отклоне́ние (ru) n (otklonénije)
Scottish Gaelic: taobh-cheum m
Spanish: digresión (es) f
Swedish: avvikelse (sv) c, utsvävning (sv) c
Tagalog: kaliklikan
Turkish: arasöz (tr), uzaklaşma (tr)

See also

detour

French

Etymology

From Latin dīgressiō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /di.ɡʁɛ.sjɔ̃/, /di.ɡʁe.sjɔ̃/

Noun

digression f (plural digressions)

digression

Further reading

“digression” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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