périphrastique
French, adjective/pe.ʁi.fʁas.tik/
périphrastique is spelled P-É-R-I-P-H-R-A-S-T-I-Q-U-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Périphrastique is a French adjective meaning “periphrastic (characterized by periphrase or circumlocution)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui relève de la périphrase ; qui constitue une périphrase”.
What does périphrastique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
periphrastic (characterized by periphrase or circumlocution)
- 2
periphrastic (formed by a combination of words rather than morphemes)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui relève de la périphrase ; qui constitue une périphrase.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of périphrastique
- périphrastiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce périphrastique?
- /pe.ʁi.fʁas.tik/
- /pe.ʁi.fʁɑs.tik/
- \pe.ʁi.fʁas.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to périphrastique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is périphrastique in French?
périphrastique appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).