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figure_of_speech

figure of speech

See also: figure-of-speech

English

Noun

figure of speech ‎(plural figures of speech)

(idiomatic) A word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language.

Synonyms

turn of phrase

Hyponyms

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Related terms

idiom

Translations

word or phrase

Arabic: تَشْبِيه m ‎(tašbīh)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 修辞 (zh) ‎(xiūcí)
Czech: řečnická figura f
Danish: talemåde c
Dutch: (bij) manier van spreken, (bij) wijze van spreken, stijlfiguur (nl) m
Finnish: kielikuva (fi)
French: figure de style (fr) f, figure de rhétorique (fr) f
German: Redewendung (de) f
Hungarian: szófordulat

Italian: figura retorica (it) f
Japanese: 言葉のあや ‎(kotoba-no aya), 修辞 ‎(しゅうじ, shūji), 文彩 ‎(ぶんさい, bunsai), あや (ja) ‎(aya)
Macedonian: стилска фигура f ‎(stílska figúra)
Persian: آرایهٔ ادبی ‎(ârâye-ye adabi)
Portuguese: figura de linguagem (pt)
Romanian: figură de stil (ro) f
Russian: ритори́ческая фигу́ра f ‎(ritoríčeskaja figúra), фигу́ра ре́чи (ru) f ‎(figúra réči)
Spanish: figura retórica (es) f
Swedish: talesätt (sv) n
Tagalog: tayutay
Thai: ภาพพจน์ ‎(pâap-pót)