"parataxis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /paɹəˈtaksɪs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-parataxis.wav [Southern-England] Forms: parataxes [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παράταξις (parátaxis, “placement side by side”), from παρα- (para-) + τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”); equivalent to para- + taxis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=order}}, {{lbor|en|grc|παράταξις||placement side by side}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παράταξις (parátaxis, “placement side by side”), {{m|grc|παρα-}} παρα- (para-), {{m|grc|τάξις||arrangement}} τάξις (táxis, “arrangement”), {{prefix|en|para|taxis}} para- + taxis Head templates: {{en-noun|-|parataxes}} parataxis (usually uncountable, plural parataxes)
  1. (grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered". Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (in grammar): parataxi [feminine] (Catalan), 意合式 (yìhéshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 並列結構 (Chinese Mandarin), 并列结构 (bìngliè jiégòu) (Chinese Mandarin), paratakse [common-gender] (Danish), sideordning [common-gender] (Danish), parataksis (Finnish), parataxe [feminine] (French), Nebenordnung (German), Parataxis (German), Parataxe (German), παράταξις (parátaxis) [feminine] (Greek), paratassi [feminine] (Italian), parataxis [feminine] (Latin), paratakse [masculine] (Norwegian), sideordning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), parataxe [feminine] (Portuguese), парата́ксис (paratáksis) (Russian), parataxis [feminine] (Spanish), paratax [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (in literature): parataksis (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-parataxis-en-noun-Jtt8Zprj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 18 17 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'in grammar': 65 11 24 Disambiguation of 'in literature': 44 30 26
  2. (literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-parataxis-en-noun-8keNWZ-T Topics: literature, media, publishing
  3. (historical, politics) A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system. Tags: historical, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-parataxis-en-noun-0KVndmi4 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with para- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with para-: 27 12 61 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: para-hypotaxis, paratactic, paratactical, paratactically Related terms: asyndeton, hypotaxis, juxtaposition, syntaxis

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sideordning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parataxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "paratáksis",
      "sense": "in grammar",
      "word": "парата́ксис"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parataxis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in grammar",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "paratax"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in literature",
      "word": "parataksis"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "parataxis"
  ],
  "word": "parataxis"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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