metaphrase
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μεταφράζομαι (metaphrázomai, “consider after”)
Noun
metaphrase (plural metaphrases)
- a literal, word-for-word translation.
- An answering phrase; repartee.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- I'm somewhat dull still in the manly art
Of phrase and metaphrase. Why, any man
Can carve a score of white Loves out of snow,
As Buonarroti down in Florence there,
And set them on the wall in some safe shade […]
- I'm somewhat dull still in the manly art
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Verb
metaphrase (third-person singular simple present metaphrases, present participle metaphrasing, simple past and past participle metaphrased)
- to make such a literal translation.
See also
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