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PRONUNCIATION OF PARROT PHRASE

parrot phrase  [ˈpærət freɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARROT PHRASE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parrot phrase is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARROT PHRASE


appraise
əˈpreɪz
craze
kreɪz
erase
ɪˈreɪz
fraise
freɪz
fundraise
ˈfʌndˌreɪz
graze
ɡreɪz
holophrase
ˈhɒləˌfreɪz
metaphrase
ˈmɛtəˌfreɪz
misphrase
ˌmɪsˈfreɪz
mores
ˈmɔːreɪz
paraphrase
ˈpærəˌfreɪz
periphrase
ˈpɛrɪˌfreɪz
phrase
freɪz
polymerase
pəˈlɪməreɪz
praise
preɪz
raise
reɪz
rase
reɪz
raze
reɪz
rephrase
riːˈfreɪz
strays
streɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARROT PHRASE

parricidal
parricide
parried
parrier
parries
parritch
parrock
parroket
parroquet
parrot
parrot cry
parrot disease
parrot fever
parrot toadstool
parrot-fashion
parroter
parrotfish
parrotry
parroty
parry

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARROT PHRASE

acetylcholinesterase
anhydrase
buzz phrase
carbonic anhydrase
catch phrase
cholinesterase
chrysoprase
epimerase
esterase
gyrase
isomerase
luciferase
noun phrase
prepositional phrase
telomerase
to coin a phrase
topoisomerase
transferase
turn of phrase
verb phrase

Synonyms and antonyms of parrot phrase in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parrot phrase» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARROT PHRASE

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The translations of parrot phrase from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «parrot phrase» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鹦鹉语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

frase loro
570 millions of speakers

English

parrot phrase
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तोता वाक्यांश
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ببغاء العبارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

попугай фраза
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

frase papagaio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যারাট ফ্রেজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phrase de perroquet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Frasa burung nuri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Papagei Begriff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オウムフレーズ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

앵무새 문구
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tembung parrot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cụm từ con vẹt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிளிப் சொற்றொடர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोपट वाक्यांश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Papağan cümlesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pappagallo frase
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

papuga fraza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

папуга фраза
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

expresie papagal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φράση παπαγάλος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

papegaai frase
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

papegoja fras
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

papegøye frase
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parrot phrase

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARROT PHRASE»

The term «parrot phrase» is barely ever used and occupies the 207.334 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARROT PHRASE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about parrot phrase

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARROT PHRASE»

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Introductions, Notes and Commentaries to Texts in ' The ...
54 cracke me this Nut. Another parrot phrase, like the preceding; see Tilley, N359 . Between 5 September 1595 and 23 June 94 OLD FORTUNATUS 1.I.
Cyrus Hoy, Fredson Bowers, 2009
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Introductions, Notes, and Commentaries to Texts in The ...
54 cracke me this Nut. Another parrot phrase, like the preceding; see Tilley, N359 . Between 5 September 1595 and 23 June 94 OLD FORTUNATUS I.1.
Cyrus Henry Hoy, Fredson Bowers, 1980
3
Grammardog Guide to The Picture of Dorian Gray
was the parrot phrase flung in answer. The waving of crooked, false-jewelled fingers gave grotesqueness to the words. The girl laughed again. The joy of a caged bird was in her voice. Her eyes caught the melody, and echoed it in radiance; ...
Oscar Wilde, 2006
4
Birds Speak-out ...
... to “parrot-phrase” things poorly and promote “Ebonics”. Palm Trees stated Noah and his sons would lose all dexterity and not be able to “hold things in the palms of their hands”. Silk Trees stated Noah's daughters-in-law will not have sexy, ...
Joseph L. Bishop, 2008
5
Before Conflict: Preventing Aggressive Behavior
When you “parrot-phrase." repeating his words using the same tone, you come across as a person who cares and respects enough about what the aggressor has stated to repeat it. to make sure you understood it. -'-'Let me see ifl understand ...
John D. Byrnes, 2002
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Keats, Shelley & Rome: An Illustrated Miscellany
For an amplification of this see Keats' Reputation in America to 1848, Hyder F.. Rollins, The Harvard University Press, or Goeftrey Cumbcrlegc. this parrot-phrase in depreciation of the poet (often, Severn remarked, 44 K E A TS, S II 15 LLEY ...
‎1961
7
The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art
He is "a self-educated poet;" and it were to be wished that some one would, once for all, explain this parrot phrase, and fix the limits which divide the taught from the "self taught" poets. To the latter class belong Siiakspeare, Burns, and Elliott ...
‎1833
8
Grand Designs and Visions of Unity: The Atlantic Powers and ...
As Macmillan put it, "This [insistence on total British acceptance of the Treaty of Rome] is the parrot phrase of the French. But it is a fraudulent phrase and they know it. The price of wheat, the facilities for foreigners, including the Commonwealth ...
Jeffrey Glen Giauque, 2002
9
Tait's Edinburgh Magazine
The shaping and cast of his thoughts are as much his own as the garb of strong and glowing words in which they are clothed. He is " a self- educated poet ;" and it were to be wished that some one would, once for all, explain this parrot phrase,  ...
William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone, 1832
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Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art
He is "a self-educated poet;" and it were to be wished that some one would, once for all, explain this parrot phrase, and fix the limits which divide the taught from the "self-taught" poets. To the latter class belong Sitakspeare, Burns, and Elliott; ...
‎1833

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARROT PHRASE»

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... and the Church of Scientology (19754-1972) psychological torture would in echo parrot phrase the line, "well these days she'd still be young ... «Plymouth Herald, Apr 14»

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