This expression has really caught my fancy, as a type of English metaphorical expression not in Japanese.
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Metaphorical
//ˌmɛtəˈfɒɹɪkəl//
Synonyms for "metaphorical" (74 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (37)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
44 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μεταφορικός adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Arabic
4 entries- اِسْتِعَارِيّ adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
- رَمْزِيّ adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
- مجازي adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
- مَجَازِيّ adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Armenian
1 entries- փոխաբերական adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- məcazi adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Bulgarian
1 entries- метафоричен adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Catalan
1 entries- metafòric adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 比喻 adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
- 象徵 /象征 adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Czech
2 entries- metaforický adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
- obrazný adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Danish
1 entries- metaforisk adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Dutch
2 entries- metaforisch adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
- overdrachtelijk adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Esperanto
1 entries- metafora adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Finnish
2 entries- metaforinen adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
- vertauskuvallinen adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
French
2 entries- figuré adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
- métaphorique adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Galician
1 entries- metafórico adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
German
1 entries- metaphorisch adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Greek
1 entries- μεταφορικός adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Hindi
1 entries- रूपक adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Hungarian
1 entries- metaforikus adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Italian
1 entries- metaforico adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Japanese
1 entries- 比喩的な adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Latin
1 entries- metaphoricus adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Latvian
1 entries- metaforisks adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Lithuanian
1 entries- metaforiškas adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- metaforisk adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- metaforisk adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Occitan
1 entries- metaforic adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Polish
1 entries- metaforyczny adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Portuguese
1 entries- metafórico adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Russian
4 entries- метафори́ческий adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
- о́бразный adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
- перено́сный adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
- фигура́льный adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Spanish
1 entries- metafórico adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Swedish
2 entries- bildlig adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
- metaforisk adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Ukrainian
1 entries- метафори́чний adj (pertaining to a metaphor)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
"Literally" can literally mean "metaphorically". "Literal" meaning "metaphorical" is also a literal irony.
Source: tatoeba (463421)
Poetry is the expression of truth in metaphorical language.
Source: tatoeba (6159713)
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