Simile
//ˈsɪməli//
Translations of "simile" (44 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | تَشْبِيه(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | tašbīh | |
| Azerbaijani | təşbeh(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Belarusian | параўна́нне(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | parawnánnje | |
| Bulgarian | сравне́ние(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | sravnénie | |
| Catalan | símil(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 明喻(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), 比喻(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), 直喻(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), 譬喻(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | míngyù, bǐyù, zhíyù, pìyù | |
| Czech | přirovnání(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Danish | lignelse(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), sammenligning(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Dutch | vergelijking(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Finnish | vertaus(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| French | comparaison(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Georgian | შედარება(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | šedareba | |
| German | Gleichnis(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), Vergleich(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | gajukō | |
| Greek | παρομοίωση(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | paromoíosi | |
| Hebrew | דִּמּוּי(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | dimmúy | |
| Hungarian | hasonlat(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Icelandic | líking(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), samlíking(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), viðlíking(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Italian | similitudine(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Japanese | シミレ(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), 比喩(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), 直喩(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | shimire, hiyu, chokuyu | |
| Korean | 시밀레(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), 직유(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | simille, jigyu | |
| Macedonian | споредба(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | sporedba | |
| Malayalam | ഉപമ(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | upama | |
| Māori | kupu whakarite(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | simile(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Persian | تشبیه(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | tašbih | |
| Polish | porównanie(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Portuguese | símile(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Romanian | comparație(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Russian | сравне́ние(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | sravnénije | |
| Sanskrit | उपमा(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | upamā | |
| Serbo-Croatian | poredba(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), poređenje(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), usporedba(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), поредба(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), поређење(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another), успоредба(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Slovak | prirovnanie(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Slovene | primera(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Spanish | símil(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Swahili | tashbihi(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Swedish | liknelse(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Tamil | உவமை(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | uvamai | |
| Thai | อุปมา(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | ùp-bpà-maa | |
| Turkish | teşbih(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Ukrainian | порі́вняння(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | porívnjannja | |
| Uzbek | tashbih(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Vietnamese | so sánh(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — | |
| Welsh | cymhariaeth(figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) | — |
təşbeh
símil
přirovnání
lignelse, sammenligning
vergelijking
vertaus
comparaison
Gleichnis, Vergleich
hasonlat
líking, samlíking, viðlíking
similitudine
kupu whakarite
simile
porównanie
símile
comparație
poredba, poređenje, usporedba, поредба, поређење, успоредба
prirovnanie
primera
símil
tashbihi
liknelse
teşbih
tashbih
so sánh
cymhariaeth
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.