Practice FrenchC1noun
la litote
litotes, deliberate understatement
« « Ce n’est pas mauvais » est une litote pour dire que c’est excellent. »
““It is not bad” is a litotes meaning that it is excellent.”
In other languages
- Spanish lítote, atenuación
- Portuguese litote, atenuação
- German Litotes, Untertreibung
- Italian litote, attenuazione
- Arabic التقليل البلاغي (نفي الضد)
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