pléonasme

See also: pleonasme

Contents

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ple.ɔ.nasm/

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός ‎(pleonasmós), from πλεονάζω ‎(pleonázō, “I am superfluous”), from πλείων ‎(pleíōn, “more”).

NounEdit

pléonasme m ‎(plural pléonasmes)

1. (linguistics) pleonasm, redundancy
2. insults; hurtful remarks

External linksEdit

• “pléonasme” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).