Metaphor

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Hyphenation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.1.1 Translations to be checked 1.4 Derived terms 1.5 See also

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: (US): /ˈmɛdəfər/, (British): /ˈmɛtəfə(r)/ or /ˈmɛtəˌfɔː(r)/

Hyphenation

meta·phor

Etymology

From the Latin and Greek metaphora, the transferring of the meaning of one word to another word.

Noun

metaphor (countable and uncountable; plural metaphors)

1. (uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn't, implying a similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, and without the words "like" or "as".
2. (countable) The word or phrase used in this way.

Translations

uncountable: figure of speech

German: Metapher f

countable: word or phrase used in metaphor

German: Metapher f

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.

• Dutch: metafoor m, analogie f
• French: métaphore f, analogie f
• Finnish: metafora , vertauskuva
• Indonesian: metafora , analogi , perumpamaan
• Italian: metafora f
• Japanese: 比喩 (ひゆ , hiyu)
• Spanish: metáfora f

Derived terms

• metaphorical

See also

• analogy
• figure of speech
• idiom
• simile