hypallage
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin hypallage, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ), from ὑπό (hupó, “hypo-”) + ἀλλάσσειν (allássein, “to exchange”).
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Noun[edit]
hypallage (plural hypallages)
- (rhetoric, grammar) A construction in which a modifier with meaning associated with one word appears grammatically applied to another, often used as literary device.
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Translations[edit]
literary device
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin hypallage, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ)
Noun[edit]
hypallage f, m (plural hypallages)
- (rhetoric) chiasmus
Further reading[edit]
- “hypallage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Rhetoric
- en:Grammar
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Figures of speech
