Etymology
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From Middle French paraphrase .
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IPA (key ) : /ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/
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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 .Derived terms
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restatement of a text
Bulgarian: преразказ m ( prerazkaz )
Dutch: parafrase (nl) f
Esperanto: parafrazo
Finnish: parafraasi
French: paraphrase (fr) f
Galician: paráfrase (gl) f
German: Umschreibung (de) f , sinngemäße Wiedergabe f
Greek: παράφρασις (el) f ( paráfrasis )
Ancient: παράφρασις f ( paráphrasis )
Hebrew: פָּרַפְרָזָה (he) f ( parafráza )
Hungarian: körülírás (hu) , átfogalmazás (hu) , parafrázis (hu)
Ido: parafrazo (io)
Italian: parafrasi (it) f
Latin: paraphrasis f
Malayalam: പരാവർത്തനം (ml) ( parāvaṟttanaṁ )
Polish: parafraza (pl) f
Portuguese: paráfrase (pt) f
Russian: переска́з (ru) m ( pereskáz ) , парафраз (ru) m ( parafraz ) , парафра́за (ru) f ( parafráza )
Spanish: paráfrasis (es)
Turkish: açım (tr) , açımlama (tr) , açımlanım , şerh (tr) ( archaic ) , teşrih (tr) ( archaic )
Ukrainian: парафра́з m ( parafráz ) , парафра́за f ( parafráza ) , пере́каз m ( perékaz ) , перефразува́ння n ( perefrazuvánnja )
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paraphrase (third-person singular simple present paraphrases , present participle paraphrasing , simple past and past participle paraphrased )
( transitive , intransitive ) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.Translations
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to compose a paraphrase
Arabic: سَرَدَ ( sarada )
Bulgarian: преразказвам (bg) ( prerazkazvam ) , парафразирам ( parafraziram )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 釋義 / 释义 (zh) ( shìyì ) , 意譯 / 意译 (zh) ( yìyì ) , ( retell ) 復述 / 复述 (zh) ( fùshù )
French: paraphraser (fr)
Galician: parafrasear (gl)
German: umschreiben (de) , paraphrasieren (de) , sinngemäß wiedergeben
Greek:
Ancient: παραφράζω ( paraphrázō )
Hungarian: elmagyaráz (hu) , körülír (hu) , parafrazál
Italian: (please verify ) parafrasare (it)
Japanese: 言い換える (ja) ( 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: 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 )
Ukrainian: парафразува́ти impf or pf ( parafrazuváty ) , перефразо́вувати impf ( perefrazóvuvaty ) , перефразува́ти pf ( perefrazuváty )
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