Noun: paraphrase
| Singular | paraphrase |
| Plural | paraphrases |
Sample Sentences
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Near-synonym: paraphrasis
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close paraphrase
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The article included a brief paraphrase of the speech.
Nouns inflected like paraphrase
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle French paraphrase, from Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis), equivalent to para- + phrase. Doublet of paraphrasis. See: Latin Nouns '
paraphrasis', Ancient Greek Nouns '
παράφρασις'.
Verbs referencing "paraphrase"
Finnish Nouns
parafraasi.