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cataphora en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kætəˈfɔɹə/
  • /kəˈtæfəɹə/
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek καταφορά (kataphorá, “a downward motion”), from κατά (katá, “downwards”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.

Forms

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cataphoras Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

anaphora

Deriveds

cataphoric

Hypernyms

endophora

Translations (8)

oc catafòra (referring to a noun that appears later) · es catáfora (referring to a noun that appears later) · ca catàfora (referring to a noun that appears later) · cs katafora (referring to a noun that appears later) · sh katafora (referring to a noun that appears later) · fr cataphore (referring to a noun that appears later) · pl katafora (referring to a noun that appears later) · el καταφορά (referring to a noun that appears later)