parataxe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράταξις (parátaxis, “placement side by side”).

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.taks/

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• Homophone: parataxes
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧taxe

parataxe f (plural parataxes)

1. (grammar) parataxis

   Synonym: asyndète

   Antonyms: hypotaxe, syntaxe

• “parataxe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧ta‧xe

parataxe f (plural parataxes)

1. (grammar) parataxis (a construct in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions)