allegorie

See also: Allegorie and allégorie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French allégorie, from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.lə.ɣoːˈri/

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• Hyphenation: al‧le‧go‧rie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

allegorie f (plural allegorieën, diminutive allegorietje n)

1. allegory

Derived terms

• allegorisch

Descendants

• → Indonesian: alégori

Italian

Noun

allegorie f

1. plural of allegoria

Anagrams

• ore legali

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).

Noun

allegorie oblique singular, f (oblique plural allegories, nominative singular allegorie, nominative plural allegories)

1. allegory (symbolic story)

Descendants

• French: allégorie
• → English: allegory
• → Dutch: allegorie

References

• Etymology and history of “allégorie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.