pleonástico

See also: pleonastico

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French pléonastique, from pléonasme (“pleonasm”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ple.oˈnas.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ple.oˈnas.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ple.oˈnaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ple.oˈnas.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pli.uˈnaʃ.ti.ku/, (faster pronunciation) /pljuˈnaʃ.ti.ku/

Adjective

pleonástico (feminine pleonástica, masculine plural pleonásticos, feminine plural pleonásticas)

1. (rhetoric) pleonastic (of or relating to pleonasm)
2. pleonastic (redundant in one’s wording)

   Synonym: circunloquial

Derived terms

• pleonasticamente

Related terms

• pleonasmo

Spanish

Adjective

pleonástico (feminine pleonástica, masculine plural pleonásticos, feminine plural pleonásticas)

1. pleonastic

Further reading

• “pleonástico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16