figure of speech

See also: figure-of-speech

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Noun

figure of speech (plural figures of speech)

(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)

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