Definitions for figure of speech
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fig′ure of speech′(n.)
an expression in which words are used in a nonliteral sense, as in metaphor, or in an unusual construction, as in antithesis, or for their sounds, as in onomatopoeia, to suggest vivid images or to heighten effect.
Category: Rhetoric
Origin of figure of speech:
1815–25
Princeton's WordNet
trope, figure of speech, figure, image(noun)
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Wiktionary
figure of speech(Noun)
A word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language.
Translations for figure of speech
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
figure of speech(noun)
one of several devices (eg metaphor, simile) for using words not with their ordinary meanings but to make a striking effect.
- stylfiguurAfrikaans
- إستِعارَه، تَشْبيهArabic
- езиков похватBulgarian
- figura de estiloPortuguese (BR)
- řečnická figuraCzech
- sprachliches StilmittelGerman
- billedligt udtrykDanish
- σχήμα λόγουGreek
- figura retóricaSpanish
- kõnekujundEstonian
- هر یک از صنایع ادبیFarsi
- kielikuvaFinnish
- fa��on de parlerFrench
- בִּיטוּיHebrew
- अलंकारHindi
- slikovito izražavanje, govorne figureCroatian
- szóképHungarian
- perumpamaanIndonesian
- líking, myndhverfingIcelandic
- modo di direItalian
- 比喩Japanese
- 비유Korean
- stilistinė priemonėLithuanian
- tēlainās izteiksmes līdzekļiLatvian
- perumpamaanMalay
- stijlfiguurDutch
- billedlig uttrykk, talemåteNorwegian
- metafora, zwrot retorycznyPolish
- هر یک از صنایع ادبیPersian
- هغه انځور چه دبيړۍ په مخكينۍ خوا ښكل شوى وېPashto
- figura de estiloPortuguese
- figură de stilRomanian
- образное выражениеRussian
- ozdobaSlovak
- pesniška figuraSlovenian
- figurativno izražavanjeSerbian
- bildligt uttryckSwedish
- คำสำนวณThai
- mecazTurkish
- 修辭方法Chinese (Trad.)
- образний вислівUkrainian
- تسلیم شدہ ضائع و بدائع خصوصا استعارہUrdu
- hình thái tu từVietnamese
- 修辞的说法，比喻的说法Chinese (Simp.)
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