figure of speech

See also: figure-of-speech

English

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Noun

figure of speech ‎(plural figures of speech)

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

Synonyms

• turn of phrase

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:figure of speech

Related terms

• idiom

Translations

word or phrase

• Arabic: تَشْبِيه m ‎(tašbīh)
• 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
• Hungarian: szófordulat

• 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)
• Persian: آرایهٔ ادبی ‎(ârâye-ye adabi)
• Portuguese: figura de linguagem (pt)
• Romanian: figură de stil (ro) f
• Russian: ритори́ческая фигу́ра f ‎(ritoríčeskaja figúra), фигу́ра ре́чи (ru) f ‎(figúra réči)
• Spanish: figura retórica (es) f
• Swedish: talesätt (sv) n
• Tagalog: tayutay
• Thai: ภาพพจน์ ‎(pâap-pót)