phraseological

phra·se·ol·o·gy

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [frey-zee-ol-uh-jee]
- /ˌfreɪ ziˈɒl ə dʒi/
- /freɪzɪəˈlɔʤɪkəl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [frey-zee-ol-uh-jee]
- /ˌfreɪ ziˈɒl ə dʒi/

Definitions of phraseological word

noun phraseological manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology. 1
noun phraseological expressions; phrases: obscure phraseology. 1

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Origin of phraseological

First appearance:

before 1655

One of the 46% oldest English words

1655-65; < New Greek phraseología (erroneously for *phrasiología), coined by German humanist Michael Neander (1525-95); see phrase, -o-, -logy

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Parts of speech for Phraseological

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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phraseological popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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