phraseology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “speech”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɹeɪziˈɑləd͡ʒi/, /fɹeɪzˈɑləd͡ʒi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɹeɪziˈɒləd͡ʒɪ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

phraseology (usually uncountable, plural phraseologies)

1. Study of set or fixed expressions.
2. The style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 28:

     I was riding through the forest, when suddenly (pray correct my phraseology if too worldly—you know I am not well read in these epics of the heart) I saw a knight and his lady traversing one of the glades; the golden sunshine fell athwart the green leaves, and showed their white steeds and whiter plumes, while the air around grew musical with their gentle words and laughter.

3. A group of specialized words and expressions used by a particular group.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Interview”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 209:

     Fortunately, two servants she had brought with her, were devotedly attached to their mistress; and the others only entering her apartments at rare intervals, did not understand her mystic allusions; and she now, more than ever, affected to veil her meaning under the mysterious phraseology so much adopted by the Jacobites.

4. A collection of phrases; a phrasebook.

Derived terms

• phraseological
• phraseologism

Translations

study of set or fixed expressions

• Armenian: դարձվածաբանություն (hy) (darjvacabanutʻyun)
• Belarusian: фразеало́гія f (frazjealóhija)
• Bulgarian: фразеология (bg) f (frazeologija)
• Catalan: fraseologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成語學／成语学 (zh) (chéngyǔxué)

• Czech: frazeologie (cs) f
• Finnish: fraseologia (fi)
• French: phraséologie (fr) f
• Georgian: ფრაზეოლოგია (prazeologia)
• German: Phraseologie (de) f
• Greek: φρασεολογία (el) f (fraseología)
• Hungarian: frazeológia (hu)
• Italian: fraseologia (it) f
• Polish: frazeologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: fraseologia (pt) f
• Romanian: frazeologie (ro) f
• Russian: фразеоло́гия (ru) f (frazeológija)
• Spanish: fraseología
• Turkish: deyim bilimi, frazeoloji
• Ukrainian: фразеоло́гія f (frazeolóhija)

the style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech

• Bulgarian: начин на изразяване (način na izrazjavane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 用語／用语 (zh) (yòngyǔ)

• Czech: dikce (cs) f, výrazivo n
• Finnish: fraseologia (fi)
• Hungarian: frazeológia (hu) f
• Japanese: 言葉遣い (ja) (ことばづかい, kotobadzukai), 表現法 (ひょうげんほう, hyōgenhō), 用語 (ja) (ようご, yōgo), 口回し (くちまわし, kuchimawashi), 言い回し (ja) (いいまわし, iimawashi)
• Polish: frazeologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: fraseologia (pt) f
• Russian: фразеоло́гия (ru) f (frazeológija), слог (ru) m (slog), стиль (ru) m (stilʹ) (ре́чи, письма́)

group of specialized words and expressions

• Catalan: fraseologia (ca) f
• Czech: výrazové prostředky m pl
• Finnish: fraseologia (fi)
• German: Phraseologismus (de) m
• Hungarian: frazeológia (hu)
• Italian: fraseologia (it) f
• Polish: frazeologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: terminologia (pt) f
• Romanian: frazeologie (ro) f
• Spanish: fraseología

phrasebook — see phrase book

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Translations to be checked

• Danish: ^{(please verify)} fraseologi (1)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} málfar (is) n, ^{(please verify)} orðfæri n, ^{(please verify)} mál (is) n
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} fraseologi m
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} frazeològija (sh) f

See also

• terminology

Further reading

• phraseology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia