Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phraseologism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phrase-ol-o-gism
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fixed expression within a language, regarded as a phraseological unit.

Example Sentences

"It would be utter nonsense – as has been claimed at times – that^([sic]) phraseologisms in discourse are absolutely fixed. Nothing is further from the truth, as a large percentage of contextualised references show."

Etymology

From phraseology + -ism. Compare German Phraseologismus, Russian фразеологи́зм (frazeologízm).

Inflected Forms

phraseologisms (plural)

Questions

What does phraseologism mean?: A fixed expression within a language, regarded as a phraseological unit.
Where does phraseologism come from?: From phraseology + -ism. Compare German Phraseologismus, Russian фразеологи́зм (frazeologízm).

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