"tautological" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tautological.wav Forms: more tautological [comparative], most tautological [superlative]
Etymology: From tautology + -ical. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tautology|ical}} tautology + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} tautological (comparative more tautological, superlative most tautological)
  1. Of, relating to, or using tautology. Translations (of, relating to, or using tautology): tautolóxicu (Asturian), таўталагі́чны (taŭtalahíčny) (Belarusian), tautològic (Catalan), tautologický (Czech), tautologinen (Finnish), tautologique (French), tautolóxico (Galician), tautologisch (German), doppelt gemoppelt (German), redundant (German), sísannur [masculine] (Icelandic), tautologico (Italian), tautologiczny (Polish), tautológico (Portuguese), tautologic (Romanian), тавтологи́ческий (tavtologíčeskij) (Russian), тавтологи́чный (tavtologíčnyj) (Russian), ath-bhriathrach (Scottish Gaelic), tautológico (Spanish), тавтологі́чний (tavtolohíčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tautological-en-adj-I9NwQMHD Disambiguation of 'of, relating to, or using tautology': 94 6
  2. Using repetition or excessive wordiness; pleonastic or circumlocutionary.
    Sense id: en-tautological-en-adj-72FmKuPy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ical, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ical: 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tautologically
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