alliteration en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [əˌlɪɾəˈɹeɪʃən] (US)
- (Canada) audio
- /əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/ (US)
Etymology
From New Latin allīterātiō, from allīterātus, from allīterō, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and lītera (“a letter”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.
So fish fury all round, as there has been in the past. And as an aside, that alliteration was, sadly, not mine that of a former political correspondent of the Daily Record, John Deans, and applied to the 'cod wars' with Iceland.
2018 March 20, “Fish fury flares over Brussels Brexit deal”, in ITV:
- (countable, uncountable) The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| alliterations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Hypernyms
consonance · pararhyme · consonant rhyme
Relateds
alliterative · alliterativeness · alliterational · alliteratively
Translations (50)
sv allitteration (the repetition of letters or sounds) · sv stavrim (the repetition of letters or sounds) · fr allitération (the repetition of letters or sounds) · fi alkusointu (the repetition of letters or sounds) · sv bokstavsrim (the repetition of letters or sounds) · sh алитера́ција (the repetition of letters or sounds) · oc alliteracion (the repetition of letters or sounds) · tr aliterasyon (the repetition of letters or sounds) · sv uddrim (the repetition of letters or sounds) · ja 頭韻 (the repetition of letters or sounds) · it allitterazione (the repetition of letters or sounds) · fo stuðul (the repetition of letters or sounds) · hu alliteráció (the repetition of letters or sounds) · mi orokati tārua (the repetition of letters or sounds) · pt aliteração (the repetition of letters or sounds) · ru аллитера́ция (the repetition of letters or sounds) · nl stafrijm (the repetition of letters or sounds) · fo bókstavarím (the repetition of letters or sounds) · el παρήχηση (the repetition of letters or sounds) · cmn 頭韻 /头韵 (the repetition of letters or sounds) · is stuðlun (the repetition of letters or sounds) · te అనుప్రాసము (the repetition of letters or sounds) · tl saulinig (the repetition of letters or sounds) · fo stavrím (the repetition of letters or sounds) · ta மோனை (the repetition of letters or sounds) · ast alliteración (the repetition of letters or sounds) · cmn 雙聲 /双声 (the repetition of letters or sounds) · da allitteration (the repetition of letters or sounds) · sh aliterácija (the repetition of letters or sounds) · gl aliteración (the repetition of letters or sounds) · ca al·literació (the repetition of letters or sounds) · tr ses benzeşmesi (the repetition of letters or sounds) · de Alliteration (the repetition of letters or sounds) · tl aliterasyon (the repetition of letters or sounds) · hi अनुप्रास (the repetition of letters or sounds) · fi alliteraatio (the repetition of letters or sounds) · is stafrím (the repetition of letters or sounds) · ga uaim (the repetition of letters or sounds) · es aliteración (the repetition of letters or sounds) · eo aliteracio (the repetition of letters or sounds) · fa واج آرایی (the repetition of letters or sounds) · gv aalettyraghys (the repetition of letters or sounds) · mi orokatirua (the repetition of letters or sounds) · id aliterasi (the repetition of letters or sounds) · sa अनुप्रास (the repetition of letters or sounds) · ka ალიტერაცია (the repetition of letters or sounds) · pl aliteracja (the repetition of letters or sounds) · nl alliteratie (the repetition of letters or sounds) · fi allitteraatio (the repetition of letters or sounds) · ko 두운 (the repetition of letters or sounds)
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