hendiadys

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἑν (hen), stem of ἑις (heis, “one”) + διά (diá, “through”) + δυοίν (duoín, “two”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛnˈdaɪ.ədɪs/

Noun

hendiadys (plural hendiadyses)

1. (rhetoric) a figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea.

Translations

figure of speech

• Albanian: hendiadyoini
• Catalan: hendíadis (ca) m
• Czech: hendiadys
• Dutch: hendiadys (nl)
• Esperanto: hendiadino
• French: hendiadys m, hendiadyin m
• German: Hendiadyoin (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: einniad m
• Italian: endiadi (it) f
• Japanese: 二詞一意 (nishiichii)
• Norwegian: hendiadyoin
• Portuguese: hendíadis (pt) f
• Russian: гендиа́дис m (gendiádis)
• Spanish: hendíadis f, endíadis f

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French

Alternative forms

• hendiadyin

Noun

hendiadys m (plural hendiadys)

1. (rhetoric) hendiadys