set phrase
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set phrase
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From set + phrase.
noun set phrases
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An established expression whose wording is subject to little or no variation, and which may or may not be idiomatic.
Bally remarks in passing, as Hall does not, that the inversion in toujours est-il que is part of a set phrase and hence invariable.
Similar: phraseme, fixed expression, fixed term
- An idiomatic expression in general. If it proves clearly unfeasible to make the audience laugh at a thin and far-fetched joke, it is always better to change the way the joke works . . . for instance, a pun based on the speaker's taking literally some set phrase or metaphor with a pun based on phonetic similarity.
Similar: fixed phrase
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noun expression subject to little variation
| 한국어 | 관용구 gwanyonggu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 慣用句 kan'yōku |
| 中文 | 固定搭配 gùdìng dāpèi |
| Français | expression consacrée, phraséologisme |
| Deutsch | feststehende Wendung, formelhafte Wendung, Wortverbindung, Wortgruppe, Redewendung, Phrasem |
| Русский | усто́йчивое словосочета́ние ustójčivoje slovosočetánije, усто́йчивое выраже́ние ustójčivoje vyražénije |
noun idiomatic expression
| Español | frase hecha |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 성어 seong'eo, 관용구 gwanyonggu, 성구 seonggu |
| 日本語 | 成句 seiku |
| 中文 | 習慣用語 /习惯用语 xíguànyòngyǔ, 成語 /成语 chéngyǔ |
| Português | expressão idiomática |
| Français | locution figée, phraséologisme |
| Deutsch | feststehende Redensart, Floskel |
| Italiano | frase fatta, locuzione cristallizzata |
| Русский | усто́йчивое словосочета́ние ustójčivoje slovosočetánije, фразеологи́ческая едини́ца frazeologíčeskaja jediníca |
Talk about this word "set phrase." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/set%20phrase. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. set phrase. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/set%20phrase "set phrase." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/set%20phrase.Cite this
@misc{set_phrase_2026,
title = {set phrase},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/set%20phrase},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
