allusion

See also Allusion

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin allūsiōnem, accusative singular of allūsiō (“the act of playing with”), from allūdō (“play with; allude”), from al-, combining form of ad (“to”), + lūdō (“play”): compare French allusion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ʌˈlu.ʒən/
• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Noun

allusion (plural allusions)

1. An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication.

Translations

indirect reference, hint

• Bulgarian: намек (bg) (namek), загатване (bg) (zagatvane)
• Catalan: al·lusió (ca) f
• Danish: hentydning (da) c
• Dutch: allusie f, toespeling f, zinspeling f
• Finnish: alluusio, viittaus (fi), vihje (fi)
• German: Anspielung (de) f, Allusion (de) f
• Hungarian: utalás (hu)
• Italian: allusione (it) f

• Luxembourgish: Allusioun (lb) f
• Norwegian: allusjon (no) m, hentydning (no) c
• Polish: aluzja (pl)
• Portuguese: alusão (pt) f
• Russian: аллюзия (ru) (alljuzija) f, намёк (ru) (namjók) m
• Scottish Gaelic: iomradh (gd) m, luaidh (gd) m
• Spanish: alusión (es)
• Turkish: gönderme (tr)

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French

Etymology

From Latin allūsiōnem, accusative singular of allūsiō (“the act of playing with”), from allūdō (“allude”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

allusion f (plural allusions)

1. allusion, innuendo

   En parlant ainsi, il faisait allusion aux mœurs de son temps.

   In speaking thus, he was alluding [literally making allusion] to the mores of his time.