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)

  1. rhetorical
    question rhétoriquerhetorical question

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)

  1. rhetoric
    figure de rhétorique(please add an English translation of this usage example)

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