tautologia

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English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek.

Noun

tautologia (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Tautology.

Catalan

Noun

tautologia f (plural tautologies)

  1. tautology

Derived terms

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English tautology), ultimately from Ancient Greek ταὐτολογία (tautología). Contains the suffix -logia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑu̯toˌloɡiɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -oɡiɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): tauto‧logia

Noun

tautologia

  1. tautology

Declension

Inflection of tautologia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative tautologia tautologiat
genitive tautologian tautologioiden
tautologioitten
partitive tautologiaa tautologioita
illative tautologiaan tautologioihin
singular plural
nominative tautologia tautologiat
accusative nom. tautologia tautologiat
gen. tautologian
genitive tautologian tautologioiden
tautologioitten
tautologiain rare
partitive tautologiaa tautologioita
inessive tautologiassa tautologioissa
elative tautologiasta tautologioista
illative tautologiaan tautologioihin
adessive tautologialla tautologioilla
ablative tautologialta tautologioilta
allative tautologialle tautologioille
essive tautologiana tautologioina
translative tautologiaksi tautologioiksi
abessive tautologiatta tautologioitta
instructive tautologioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tautologia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From tauto- +‎ -logia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taw.to.loˈd͡ʒi.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: tau‧to‧lo‧gì‧a

Noun

tautologia f (plural tautologie)

  1. tautology

Polish

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Etymology

From tauto- (tauto-) +‎ -logia (-logics).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taw.tɔˈlɔ.ɡja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡja
  • Syllabification: tau‧to‧lo‧gia

Noun

tautologia f

  1. (linguistics) tautology
    Synonyms: pleonazm, masło maślane
  2. (logic) tautology

Declension

Further reading

  • tautologia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tautologia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: tau‧to‧lo‧gi‧a

Noun

tautologia f (plural tautologias)

  1. (uncountable) tautology (redundant use of words)
  2. tautology (expression that features tautology)
  3. (logic) tautology (statement that is true for all values of its variables)