pléonasme

See also: pleonasme

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλεονάζω (pleonázō, “to be superfluous”), from πλείων (pleíōn, “more”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ple.ɔ.nasm/

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Noun

pléonasme m (plural pléonasmes)

1. (linguistics) pleonasm, redundancy

Further reading

• “pléonasme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.