"ekphrasis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛkfɹəsɪs/ Forms: ekphrases [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔκφρασις (ékphrasis, “description”), from ἐκφράζω (ekphrázō, “I describe”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, ex-”) + φράζω (phrázō, “I explain, point out”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἔκφρασις||description}} Ancient Greek ἔκφρασις (ékphrasis, “description”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|ekphrases}} ekphrasis (countable and uncountable, plural ekphrases)
  1. (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or verbal description of an object, especially of an artwork. Wikipedia link: ekphrasis Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Art, Rhetoric Synonyms: ecphrasis Derived forms: ekphrastic Related terms: hypotyposis Translations (description of an object or artwork): ekfráze [feminine] (Czech), ekfrase [common-gender] (Danish), ekfrasis (Finnish), ekphrasis [feminine] (French), Ekphrasis [feminine] (German), Ekphrase [feminine] (German), אקפראסיס (ekfrasis) [masculine] (Hebrew), ecfrasi [feminine] (Italian), ekfraza [feminine] (Polish), экфрасис (ekfrasis) [masculine] (Russian), écfrasis [feminine] (Spanish), ekfras [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ekphrasis-en-noun-8wQEOKRJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

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