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English
Etymology
Compare trope, with same sense of “turn” to mean indirect language.
Pronunciation
Noun
turn of phrase (countable and uncountable, plural turns of phrase)
- (countable) An expression which is worded in a distinctive way, especially one which is particularly memorable or artful.
1922, Dorothy Canfield, “Chapter 43”, in Rough-Hewn:"I should call it a most nice sort of surprise," remarked the girl with a quaintly un-English turn of phrase which he had already noticed and thought the most delightful thing in the world.
- (uncountable) A distinctive way of wording things, a distinctive way of writing or speaking.
- Synonyms: style, prose
- This author has a beautiful turn of phrase.
Translations
expression which is worded in a distinctive way
- Catalan: gir (ca) m
- Finnish: sanakäänne, lausekäänne, lauseparsi
- French: tournure de phrase f, tour de phrase (fr) m
- German: Redewendung (de) f
- Hungarian: szófordulat (hu), fordulat (hu), szóhasználat (hu), beszédfordulat (hu), kifejezésmód (hu), kifejezés (hu), szólásmód (hu), szólás (hu)
- Italian: giro di parole m, modo di dire (it) m, proprietà di linguaggio f, modo di esprimersi m
- Polish: zwrot (pl) m
- Russian: оборо́т ре́чи (ru) (oborót réči)
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