figure of speech

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Figure of speech

NounEdit

figure of speech (plural figures of speech)

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

SynonymsEdit

turn of phrase

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TranslationsEdit

word or phrase

Arabic: تشبيه m (tashbiih)
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

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)
Portuguese: figura de linguagem (pt)
Russian: риторическая фигура f (ritoríčeskaja figúra), фигура речи (ru) f (figúra reči)
Spanish: figura retórica (es) f
Swedish: talesätt (sv) n

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