English
wikipedia
Noun
figure of speech
- A word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language.
Synonyms
figurative speech
turn of phrase
Translations
trans-top|word or phrase
Danish: talemåde c
Dutch: (bij) manier van spreken, (bij) wijze van spreken, sijlfiguur m, spreekwijze f, spreekwoord n
German: Redewendung f
trans-mid
Portuguese: figura de linguagem
Spanish: figura retórica f
Swedish: talesätt n
trans-bottom
See also
idiom
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
Category:English nouns
Category:English phrases
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