figure of speech

See also: figure-of-speech

English

Pronunciation

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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

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Related terms

• idiom

Translations

word or phrase

• 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
• Galician: figura retórica f
• German: Redewendung (de) f
• Hungarian: szókép, szófordulat, beszédfordulat (hu), szólásmondás (hu)
• 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)
• Mongolian: зүйрлэл (mn) (züjrlel)
• Persian: آرایهٔ ادبی‎ (ârâye-ye adabi)
• Portuguese: figura de linguagem (pt)
• Romanian: figură de stil (ro) f
• Russian: ритори́ческая фигу́ра (ru) f (ritoríčeskaja figúra), фигу́ра ре́чи (ru) f (figúra réči)
• Spanish: figura retórica (es) f
• Swedish: talesätt (sv) n, stilfigur (sv) c
• Tagalog: tayutay
• Thai: ภาพพจน์ (pâap-pót)