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Etymology
From the L. and Gr. metaphora polytonic|με�α�ο�ά (a transfer), the transferring of the meaning of one word to another word.

Pronunciation
UK: IPA|/�met�fo/, /�met��f��/
US: IPA|/�met�f�r/
audio|en-us-metaphor.ogg|Audio (US)
;Hyphenation
:meta·phor

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn't, implying a similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, and without the words "like" or "as".
2. countable The word or phrase used in this way. An implied comparison.

Derived terms
metaphorical
metaphorical extension
metaphoricity

Translations
trans-top|uncountable: figure of speech
Croatian: t-|hr|metafora|f
Czech: t-|cs|metafora|f
Dutch: metafoor
Finnish: t+|fi|metafora, t+|fi|vertauskuva
French: t+|fr|métaphore|f
German: t+|de|Metapher|f
Italian: t+|it|metafora|f
Japanese: t-|ja|��|scJpan, t-|ja|��|trhiyu|sc=Jpan
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Korean: �� (eunyu); �� (amyu)
Latvian: t-|lv|metafora|f|xs=Latvian
Norwegian: metafor c/m
Swedish: t-|sv|metafor|c
Turkish: t-|tr|metafor|c
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trans-top|countable: word or phrase used in metaphor
Croatian: t-|hr|metafora|f
Finnish: t+|fi|metafora, t+|fi|vertauskuva
German: t+|de|Metapher|f
Italian: t+|it|metafora|f
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Latvian: metaforia f
Norwegian: metafor c/m
Swedish: t-|sv|metafor|c
Turkish: t-|tr|metafor|c
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Dutch: metafoor m, analogie f
ttbc|Indonesian: metafora, analogi, umpama|perumpamaan
ttbc|Spanish: metáforo m

See also
analogy
figure of speech
idiom
simile

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