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polyptoton

Noun CEFR B2
ˌpɑ.ləpˈtoʊ.tɑn

Definitions

A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case.

countable, rhetoric, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolpolíptoton
Françaispolyptote
DeutschPolyptoton
3 more languages

Examples

“A Polyptoton still the same word places, If sense⟳ require⟳ it, in two different cases.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

polyptych polypurine polypus polypyrene polypyridine polypyridyl

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