English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French paraphrase
Noun
paraphrase (countable and uncountable, plural paraphrases)
- A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning.
- (Scotland) One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise.
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Verb
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- (transitive, intransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase.
Translations
to compose a paraphrase
- Arabic: سَرَدَ (sarada)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 釋義/释义 (zh) (shìyì), 释义 (zh) (shìyì), 意譯/意译 (zh) (yìyì), 意译 (zh) (yìyì), (retell) 復述/复述 (zh) (fùshù), 复述 (zh) (fùshù)
- French: paraphraser (fr)
- German: umschreiben (de), paraphrasieren (de)
- Hungarian: elmagyaráz (hu)
- Italian: (please verify) parafrasare (it)
- Japanese: 言い換える (いいかえる, iikaeru), 引用 (いんようする, in'yō-surú)
- (deprecated template usage)
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- Portuguese: parafrasear (pt)
- Romanian: parafraza (ro), (rare) perifraza (ro)
- Russian: парафрази́ровать (ru) (parafrazírovatʹ), (retell) переска́зывать (ru) (pereskázyvatʹ)
- Spanish: parafrasear (es)
- Swahili: fasili
- Thai: ถอดความ (th) (tɔ̀ɔt-kwaam)
- Turkish: açımlamak (tr), şerh etmek (tr) (archaic), teşrih etmek (tr) (archaic)
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French
Pronunciation
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