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Meaning of polyptoton | Babel Free

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

Deutsch Polyptoton
Español políptoton
Français polyptote
Italiano poliptoto
Português poliptoto
Русский многопаде́жие полиптотон

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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