rhétorique

See also: rhetorique

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁe.tɔ.ʁik/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós).

Adjective

rhétorique (plural rhétoriques)

rhetorical (part of or similar to rhetoric)

Etymology 2

From Old French rhetorique, a borrowing from Latin rhētorica, from Ancient Greek ῥητορική (rhētorikḗ), ellipsis of ῥητορικὴ τέχνη (rhētorikḕ tékhnē).

Noun

rhétorique f (plural rhétoriques)

rhetoric

Further reading

“rhétorique” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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