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Complete Definition of "proverb"

see|Proverbs
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Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun

  1. A phrase, describing an example of a basic truth, that is transferred to common situations.

Synonyms
saying

Translations

Armenian: դարձ•ված (dartsvats)
Croatian: t-|hr|poslovica|f
Czech: t-|cs|přísloví|n
Chinese: 箴言 n
Dutch: spreekwoord n, gezegde n
Finnish: sananlasku, sanonta
French: proverbe
German: Sprichwort n, Denkspruch m
Hebrew: ×¤×ª×’× m
Italian: t+|it|proverbio|m
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Japanese: 諺 (ã“ã¨ã‚ã– kotowaza), 格言 (ã‹ãã’ã‚“ kakugen)
Korean: ì†ë‹´
Latvian: sakãmvards
Polish: przysłowie n
Portuguese: provérbio m
Russian: поÑловица f
Serbian: t-|sr|poslovica|f
Spanish: t-|es|proverbio|m
Swedish: t+|sv|ordspråk|n
Welsh: dihareb f

See also
:Category:Proverbs

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