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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós, “abundance; excess”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Pleonasmus m (strong, genitive Pleonasmus, plural Pleonasmen)
- (rhetoric) pleonasm