metaphorical

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛtəˈfɒɹɪkəl/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛtəˈfɔːɹɪkəl/
Hyphenation: meta‧phor‧ical

Adjective

metaphorical (comparative more metaphorical, superlative most metaphorical)

Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.

Synonyms

metaphoric

Derived terms

metaphorically

Translations

pertaining to a metaphor

Arabic: اِسْتِعَارِيّ‎ (istiʿāriyy), مَجَازِيّ‎ (majāziyy), رَمْزِيّ‎ (ramziyy)
Azerbaijani: məcazi (az)
Catalan: metafòric
Chinese:
Mandarin: 比喻 (zh) (bǐyù), 象徵 (zh), 象征 (zh) (xiàngzhēng)
Dutch: metaforisch (nl)
Finnish: vertauskuvallinen (fi), metaforinen (fi)
Galician: metafórico m
German: metaphorisch (de)

Japanese: 比喩的な (ja) (ひゆてきな, hiyuteki-na)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: metaforisk (no)

Nynorsk: metaforisk
Polish: metaforyczny (pl)
Portuguese: metafórico (pt)
Russian: метафори́ческий (ru) (metaforíčeskij), перено́сный (ru) (perenósnyj), о́бразный (ru) (óbraznyj), фигура́льный (ru) (figurálʹnyj)
Spanish: metafórico m, metafórica (es) f
Swedish: metaforisk (sv), bildlig (sv)

See also

Anagrams

pharmacolite

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