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Translate metaphor from English to French

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metaphor:
- métaphore; langage figuré
Wiktionary:
- metaphor → métaphore
- metaphor → métaphore

English

Detailed Translations for metaphor from English to French

metaphor:

metaphor [the ~] nom

the metaphor (metaphorical language; imagery)
la métaphore; le langage figuré
- métaphore [la ~] nom
- langage figuré [le ~] nom

Translation Matrix for metaphor:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
langage figuré	imagery; metaphor; metaphorical language	metaphorical
métaphore	imagery; metaphor; metaphorical language	metaphorical

Related Words for "metaphor":

metaphors

Synonyms for "metaphor":

trope; figure of speech; figure; image

Related Definitions for "metaphor":

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity¹

Wiktionary Translations for metaphor:

metaphor

noun

countable: word or phrase used in metaphor
- metaphor → métaphore
uncountable: figure of speech
- metaphor → métaphore

metaphor

noun

figure de style qui consister à remplacer un mot par un autre, alors qu’entre ces mots il y a un rapport d’analogie.
- métaphore → metaphor

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• metaphor	→ métaphore	↔ metafoor — beeldspraak waarbij men een woord B zegt in plaats van het woord A terwijl er tussen A en B een verband is van gelijkenis
• metaphor	→ métaphore	↔ Metapher — bildhafte Umschreibung

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University