périphrastique

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek περιφραστικός (periphrastikós). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pe.ʁi.fʁas.tik/ ~ /pe.ʁi.fʁɑs.tik/ === Adjective === périphrastique (plural périphrastiques) (rhetoric) periphrastic (characterized by periphrase or circumlocution) (grammar, of a tense) periphrastic (formed by a combination of words rather than morphemes) Synonym: analytique Antonym: synthétique ==== Related terms ==== périphrase === Further reading === “périphrastique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012