rhétorique
See also: rhetorique
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.tɔ.ʁik/
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin rhētoricus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós).
Adjective
rhétorique (plural rhétoriques)
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old French rhetorique, a borrowing from Latin rhētorica, from Ancient Greek ῥητορική (rhētorikḗ), ellipsis of ῥητορικὴ τέχνη (rhētorikḕ tékhnē).
Noun
rhétorique f (plural rhétoriques)
- rhetoric
- figure de rhétorique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rhétorique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.