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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin circumloquium, from circumloquor.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũˈlɔ.ki.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /siʁ.kũˈlɔ.kju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũˈlɔ.ki.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /siʁ.kũˈlɔ.kju/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũˈlɔ.ki.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /siɾ.kũˈlɔ.kju/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũˈlɔ.ki.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /siʁ.kũˈlɔ.kju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siɻ.kũˈlɔ.ki.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /siɻ.kũˈlɔ.kjo/
- Hyphenation: cir‧cun‧ló‧qui‧o
Noun
circunlóquio m (plural circunlóquios)
- circumlocution (roundabout or indirect way of speaking)
- Synonym: circunlocução
Further reading
- “circunlóquio”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “circunlóquio”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “circunlóquio” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “circunlóquio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “circunlóquio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “circunlóquio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024