Metaphor
//ˈmɛt.ə.foɹ//
Translations of "metaphor" (67 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | metafoor(uncountable: figure of speech), metafoor(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Albanian | metaforë(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | μεταφορά(uncountable: figure of speech), μεταφορά(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | metaphorá, metaphorá | |
| Arabic | اِسْتِعَارَة(uncountable: figure of speech) | istiʕāra | |
| Armenian | մետաֆոր(uncountable: figure of speech), փոխաբերություն(uncountable: figure of speech) | metafor, pʻoxaberutʻyun | |
| Azerbaijani | istiarə(uncountable: figure of speech), metafora(uncountable: figure of speech), məcaz(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Belarusian | мета́фара(uncountable: figure of speech) | mjetáfara | |
| Bulgarian | мета́фора(uncountable: figure of speech), метафора(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | metáfora, metafora | |
| Burmese | ရူပကအလင်္ကာ(uncountable: figure of speech) | rupa.ka.a.langka | |
| Catalan | metàfora(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 比喻(uncountable: figure of speech) | bei² jyu⁶ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 比喻(uncountable: figure of speech), 比喻(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor), 比擬 /比拟(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor), 象徵 /象征(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor), 隱喻 /隐喻(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | bǐyù, bǐyù, bǐnǐ, xiàngzhēng, yǐnyù | |
| Czech | metafora(uncountable: figure of speech), metafora(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Danish | metafor(uncountable: figure of speech), metafor(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Dutch | beeldspraak(uncountable: figure of speech), metafoor(uncountable: figure of speech), metafoor(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor), vergelijking(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Esperanto | metaforo(uncountable: figure of speech), metaforo(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Estonian | metafoor(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Finnish | metafora(uncountable: figure of speech), metafora(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| French | métaphore(uncountable: figure of speech), métaphore(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Galician | metáfora(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Georgian | მეტაფორა(uncountable: figure of speech) | meṭapora | |
| German | Metapher(uncountable: figure of speech), Metapher(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Greek | μεταφορά(uncountable: figure of speech), μεταφορά(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | metaforá, metaforá | |
| Hebrew | מֶטָפוֹרָה(uncountable: figure of speech) | metáfora | |
| Hindi | रूपक(uncountable: figure of speech) | rūpak | |
| Hungarian | hasonlóságon alapuló névátvitel(uncountable: figure of speech), metafora(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Icelandic | myndhverfing(uncountable: figure of speech), myndlíking(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Indonesian | kiasan(uncountable: figure of speech), majas(uncountable: figure of speech), metafora(uncountable: figure of speech), metafora(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Irish | meafar(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Italian | figura retorica(uncountable: figure of speech), metafora(uncountable: figure of speech), metafora(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor), tropo(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Japanese | メタファー(uncountable: figure of speech), 暗喩(uncountable: figure of speech), 比喩(uncountable: figure of speech), 比喩(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor), 象徴(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor), 隠喩(uncountable: figure of speech), 隠喩(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | metafā, an'yu, hiyu, hiyu, shōchō, in'yu, in'yu | |
| Kannada | ರೂಪಕ(uncountable: figure of speech) | rūpaka | |
| Kazakh | метафора(uncountable: figure of speech) | metafora | |
| Khmer | ធម្មារម្មណ៍(uncountable: figure of speech) | thŏəmmiərŏəm | |
| Korean | 비유(uncountable: figure of speech), 암유(uncountable: figure of speech), 은유(uncountable: figure of speech) | biyu, amyu, eunyu | |
| Kyrgyz | метафора(uncountable: figure of speech) | metafora | |
| Lao | ຄຳອຸບປະມາ(uncountable: figure of speech), ຄໍາອຸປະມາ(uncountable: figure of speech) | kham ʼup pa mā, kham ʼu pa mā | |
| Latvian | metafora(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Lithuanian | metafora(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Macedonian | мета́фора(uncountable: figure of speech) | metáfora | |
| Malay | metafora(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Māori | huahuatau(uncountable: figure of speech), kupu whakarite(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Mongolian | зүйрлэл(uncountable: figure of speech) | züjrlel | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | metafor(uncountable: figure of speech), metafor(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | metafor(uncountable: figure of speech), metafor(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Persian | استعاره(uncountable: figure of speech), مجاز(uncountable: figure of speech) | este'âre, majâz | |
| Polish | metafora(uncountable: figure of speech), metafora(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor), przenośnia(uncountable: figure of speech), przenośnia(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Portuguese | metáfora(uncountable: figure of speech), metáfora(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Romanian | metaforă(uncountable: figure of speech), metaforă(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Russian | мета́фора(uncountable: figure of speech), мета́фора(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | metáfora, metáfora | |
| Serbo-Croatian | metàfora(uncountable: figure of speech), metàfora(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor), мета̀фора(uncountable: figure of speech), мета̀фора(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Slovak | metafora(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Slovene | metafora(uncountable: figure of speech), metafora(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Spanish | metáfora(uncountable: figure of speech), metáfora(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Swahili | sitiari(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Swedish | metafor(uncountable: figure of speech), metafor(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Tagalog | metapora(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Tajik | истиора(uncountable: figure of speech), маҷоз(uncountable: figure of speech) | istiora, majoz | |
| Tatar | метафора(uncountable: figure of speech) | metafora | |
| Thai | อุปมา(uncountable: figure of speech), อุปลักษณ์(uncountable: figure of speech), อุปไมย(uncountable: figure of speech) | ùp-bpà-maa, ùp-bpà-lák, ùp-bpà-mai | |
| Turkish | istiare(uncountable: figure of speech), mecaz(uncountable: figure of speech), metafor(uncountable: figure of speech), metafor(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Ukrainian | мета́фора(uncountable: figure of speech) | metáfora | |
| Urdu | استعارہ(uncountable: figure of speech) | isti'āra | |
| Uzbek | istiora(uncountable: figure of speech), majoz(uncountable: figure of speech), metafora(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Vietnamese | phép ẩn dụ(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor), ẩn dụ(uncountable: figure of speech), ẩn dụ(countable: word or phrase used in metaphor) | — | |
| Welsh | trosiad(uncountable: figure of speech) | — | |
| Yiddish | מעטאַפֿאָר(uncountable: figure of speech) | metafor |
metafoor, metafoor
metaforë
istiarə, metafora, məcaz
metàfora
metafora, metafora
metafor, metafor
beeldspraak, metafoor, metafoor, vergelijking
metaforo, metaforo
metafoor
metafora, metafora
métaphore, métaphore
metáfora
Metapher, Metapher
hasonlóságon alapuló névátvitel, metafora
myndhverfing, myndlíking
kiasan, majas, metafora, metafora
meafar
figura retorica, metafora, metafora, tropo
metafora
metafora
metafora
huahuatau, kupu whakarite
metafor, metafor
metafor, metafor
metafora, metafora, przenośnia, przenośnia
metáfora, metáfora
metaforă, metaforă
metàfora, metàfora, мета̀фора, мета̀фора
metafora
metafora, metafora
metáfora, metáfora
sitiari
metafor, metafor
metapora
istiare, mecaz, metafor, metafor
istiora, majoz, metafora
phép ẩn dụ, ẩn dụ, ẩn dụ
trosiad
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.