prosopopée

See also: prosopopee

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prosopopoeia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek προσωποποιΐα (prosōpopoiḯa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʁo.zɔ.pɔ.pe/
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Noun

prosopopée f (plural prosopopées)

(rhetoric) prosopopoeia
(rare) a vehement and emphatic discourse

See also

Further reading

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

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