paraphrase

See also: paraphrasé

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle French paraphrase

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
• French: paraphrase (fr) f
• German: Umschreibung f
• Hungarian: körülírás (hu), átfogalmazás
• Ido: parafrazo (io)

• Polish: parafraza f
• Portuguese: paráfrase (pt) f
• Russian: пересказ (ru) m (pereskaz), парафраз (ru) m (parafraz), парафраза (ru) f (parafraza)
• 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 (sárada)
• Chinese:

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

• French: paraphraser (fr)
• German: umschreiben (de), paraphrasieren (de)
• 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: 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