adjective/ʁe.tɔ.ʁik/
rhetorical
“question rhétorique” — rhetorical question
Learned borrowing from Latin rhētoricus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós).
/ʁe.tɔ.ʁik/
rhetorical
“question rhétorique” — rhetorical question
Learned borrowing from Latin rhētoricus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós).
rhetoric
“figure de rhétorique”
Related: rhétoricien
From Old French rhetorique, a borrowing from Latin rhētorica, from Ancient Greek ῥητορική (rhētorikḗ), ellipsis of ῥητορικὴ τέχνη (rhētorikḕ tékhnē).