pléonasme

See also: pleonasme

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ple.ɔ.nasm/

NounEdit

pléonasme m (plural pléonasmes)

1. (linguistics) pleonasm, redundancy

Further readingEdit

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