🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Phraseologie

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fʁazeoloˈɡiː

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
phraseology/ˌfreɪziˈɒlədʒi/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die bürokratische Phraseologie kann schwer verständlich sein."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A particular mode of expression, or a set of phrases used in a particular field.

    "The legal phraseology in the contract was difficult for the layman to understand."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Early 18th century: from modern Latin phraseologia, from Greek phrasis 'diction' + -logia 'logy'.

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