paraphrase

See also paraphrasé

English

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Noun

paraphrase (plural paraphrases)

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

Derived terms

• paraphrastic
• paraphrastical
• paraphrastically

See also

• Etymology of translation
• metaphrase

Translations

restatement of a text

• Esperanto: parafrazo (eo)
• French: paraphrase (fr) f
• Polish: parafraza (pl) f
• Portuguese: paráfrase (pt) f

• Russian: пересказ (ru) (pereskaz) m, парафраз (ru) (parafraz) m, парафраза (ru) (parafraza) f
• Spanish: paráfrasis (es)
• Swahili: falisi (sw)

Verb

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

1. To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase.

Translations

to compose a paraphrase

• Arabic: سرد (ar) (sárada)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 釋義 (cmn), 释义 (cmn) (shìyì), 意譯 (cmn), 意译 (cmn) (yìyì), (retell) 復述 (cmn), 复述 (cmn) (fùshù)

• French: paraphraser (fr)
• German: umschreiben (de), paraphrasieren (de)
• Japanese: 言い換える (ja) (いいかえる, iikaeru), 引用 (ja) (いんようする, in'yō-surú)

• Portuguese: parafrasear (pt)
• Romanian: parafraza (ro), (rare) perifraza (ro)
• Russian: парафразировать (ru) (parafrazírovat'), (retell) пересказывать (ru) (pereskázyvat')
• Spanish: parafrasear (es)
• Swahili: falisi (sw)

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: paraphrasent, paraphrases

Verb

paraphrase

1. first-person singular present indicative of paraphraser
2. third-person singular present indicative of paraphraser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of paraphraser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of paraphraser
5. second-person singular imperative of paraphraser