allegory

English

Etymology

From Middle English allegorie, from Old French allegorie, from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoria), from ἄλλος (allos, “other”) + ἀγορεύω (agoreuō, “I speak”)

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Noun

allegory (plural allegories)

Wikipedia

1. The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.
2. A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
3. A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.

Derived terms

• allegoric
• allegorical
• allegorically

Translations

the representation of abstract principles

• Bulgarian: алегория (bg) (alegorija)
• Catalan: al·legoria (ca) f
• Czech: jinotaj m, alegorie f
• Esperanto: alegorio
• Finnish: vertauskuva (fi), allegoria (fi)
• French: allégorie (fr) f
• Georgian: ალეგორია (alegoria)
• German: Allegorie (de) f, Sinnbild (de) n
• Irish: fáthchiall f
• Italian: allegoria (it) f

• Korean: 추상적인 개념의 표현 (chusangjeogin gaenyeomui pyohyeon)
• Lithuanian: alegorija (lt) f
• Norwegian: allegori (no) m
• Portuguese: alegoria (pt) f
• Russian: аллегория (ru) f (allegórija)
• Scottish Gaelic: samhla m
• Spanish: alegoría (es) f
• Swedish: allegori (sv)
• Volapük: lalegor (vo)

communication using such representation

• Catalan: al·legoria (ca) f
• Czech: (uses qualifying adjective)
• Finnish: vertauskuva (fi), allegoria (fi)
• Italian: allegoria (it) f
• Norwegian: allegori (no) m

• Portuguese: parábola (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: samhla m
• Spanish: alegoría (es) f
• Swedish: allegori (sv)

symbolic representation

• Bulgarian: символ (bg) (simvol), емблема (bg) (emblema)
• Catalan: al·legoria (ca) f
• Czech: jinotaj m, alegorie f
• Finnish: vertauskuva (fi), allegoria (fi)
• German: Allegorie (de) f, Sinnbild (de) n
• Greek: αλληγορία (el) f (alligoría)

• Italian: allegoria (it) f
• Norwegian: allegori (no) m
• Scottish Gaelic: samhla m
• Spanish: alegoría (es) f
• Swedish: allegori (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: alegorija f
• French: allégorie f

• German: Allegorik f
• Hebrew: משל (he) (mashahl)
• Lithuanian: alegorija (lt) f

See also

• metaphor