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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French pléonastique, from pléonasme (“pleonasm”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pli.uˈnaʃ.ti.ku/, (faster pronunciation) /pljuˈnaʃ.ti.ku/
Adjective
pleonástico (feminine pleonástica, masculine plural pleonásticos, feminine plural pleonásticas)
- (rhetoric) pleonastic (of or relating to pleonasm)
- pleonastic (redundant in one’s wording)
- Synonym: circunloquial
Derived terms
Spanish
Adjective
pleonástico (feminine pleonástica, masculine plural pleonásticos, feminine plural pleonásticas)
- pleonastic
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