phraseology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “speech”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɹeɪziˈɑlədʒi/, /fɹeɪzˈɑlədʒi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɹeɪziˈɒlədʒɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

phraseology (usually uncountable, plural phraseologies)

1. Study of set or fixed expressions.
2. The style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech.
3. A group of specialized words and expressions used by a particular group.
4. A collection of phrases; a phrasebook.

Translations

study of set or fixed expressions

• Armenian: դարձվածաբանություն (hy) (darjvacabanutʿyun)
• Catalan: fraseologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成語學 (zh), 成语学 (zh) (chéngyǔxué)

• Czech: frazeologie (cs) f
• Finnish: fraseologia
• French: phraséologie (fr) f
• Georgian: ფრაზეოლოგია (prazeologia)

• German: Phraseologie (de) f
• Greek: φρασεολογία (el) f (fraseología)
• Italian: fraseologia (it) f
• Portuguese: fraseologia (pt) f
• Russian: фразеоло́гия (ru) f (frazeológija)
• Spanish: fraseología
• Turkish: deyim bilimi, frazeoloji

the style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 用語 (zh), 用语 (zh) (yòngyǔ)

• Czech: dikce (cs) f, výrazivo n
• Finnish: fraseologia

• Japanese: 言葉遣い (ja) (ことばづかい, kotobadzukai), 表現法 (ひょうげんほう, hyōgenhō), 用語 (ja) (ようご, yōgo), 口回し (くちまわし, kuchimawashi), 言い回し (いいまわし, iimawashi)
• Portuguese: fraseologia (pt) f
• Russian: фразеоло́гия (ru) f (frazeológija), слог (ru) m (slog), стиль (ru) m (stilʹ) (ре́чи, письма́)

group of specialized words and expressions

• Catalan: fraseologia (ca) f
• Czech: výrazové prostředky m pl
• Finnish: fraseologia

• Italian: fraseologia (it) f
• Spanish: fraseología

phrasebook — see phrase book

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Translations to be checked

• Danish: fraseologi (1)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} málfar (is) n, ^{(please verify)} orðfæri n,^{(please verify)} mál (is) n

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} fraseologi m
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} frazeològija (sh) f

See also

• terminology

Further reading

• phraseology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia