paraphrase

See also: Paraphrase and paraphrasé

English

Etymology

From Middle French paraphrase

Noun

paraphrase (plural paraphrases)

A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning.

Derived terms

Translations

restatement of a text

Esperanto: parafrazo
French: paraphrase (fr) f
German: Umschreibung (de) f
Greek: παράφρασις (el) f (paráfrasis)
Hungarian: körülírás (hu), átfogalmazás
Ido: parafrazo (io)
Latin: paraphrasis f

Polish: parafraza f
Portuguese: paráfrase (pt) f
Russian: переска́з (ru) m (pereskáz), парафраз (ru) m (parafraz), парафра́за (ru) f (parafráza)
Spanish: paráfrasis (es)
Swahili: falisi (sw)
Turkish: açım (tr), açımlama (tr), açımlanım, şerh (tr) (archaic), teşrih (tr) (archaic)

Verb

paraphrase (third-person singular simple present paraphrases, present participle paraphrasing, simple past and past participle paraphrased)

To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase.

Translations

to compose a paraphrase

Arabic: سَرَدَ‎‎ (sarada)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 釋義 (zh), 释义 (zh) (shìyì), 意譯 (zh), 意译 (zh) (yìyì), (retell) 復述 (zh), 复述 (zh) (fùshù)
French: paraphraser (fr)
German: umschreiben (de), paraphrasieren (de)
Hungarian: elmagyaráz (hu)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} parafrasare

Japanese: 言い換える (いいかえる, iikaeru), 引用 (いんようする, in'yō-surú)
Portuguese: parafrasear (pt)
Romanian: parafraza (ro), (rare) perifraza (ro)
Russian: парафрази́ровать (ru) (parafrazírovatʹ), (retell) переска́зывать (ru) (pereskázyvatʹ)
Spanish: parafrasear (es)
Swahili: falisi (sw)
Turkish: açımlamak (tr), şerh etmek (tr) (archaic), teşrih etmek (tr) (archaic)

French

Pronunciation

Homophones: paraphrasent, paraphrases

Verb

paraphrase

first-person singular present indicative of paraphraser
third-person singular present indicative of paraphraser
first-person singular present subjunctive of paraphraser
third-person singular present subjunctive of paraphraser
second-person singular imperative of paraphraser

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