Dictionary

figure of speech en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (qualifier:stylistic, rhetoric) A word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use to produce a rhetorical effect.
2. (broadly) A turn of phrase that is not intended to be interpreted literally, but is used solely as a rhetorical device for the purpose of facilitating effective and nuanced communication.
   • I hope you didn't take it the wrong way, that was a figure of speech.

Forms

Hyponyms

hyperbole · pleonasm · synecdoche · metonym · metaphor · trope · oxymoron · epizeuxis · paradiastole · antithesis · prosopopeia · adynaton · simile · laconism · euphemism · ploce · hendiadys · personification · apostrophe · parallelism · meiosis

Relateds

trope · metaphor · in a manner of speaking · figurative · :Category:en:Figures of speech · so to speak · idiom

Synonyms

turn of phrase · figure of speech

Translations (29)

ota كنایه (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · it figura retorica (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · ru фигу́ра ре́чи (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · de Redefigur (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · fr figure de rhétorique (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · fr figure de style (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · id gaya bahasa (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · ms bunga bahasa (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · mk сти́лска фигу́ра (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · mi kīpeha (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · ro figură de stil (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · ru ритори́ческая фигу́ра (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · el σχήμα λόγου (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · pt figura de linguagem (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · gl figura retórica (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · ja 言葉の綾 (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · tl tayutay (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · fi kielikuva (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · be фігу́ра маўле́ння (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · id majas (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · bg реторична фигура (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · nl stijlfiguur (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · es figura retórica (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · de rhetorisches Stilmittel (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · pl figura retoryczna (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · cs řečnická figura (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · uk фігу́ра мо́ви (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · sv stilfigur (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard) · pl figura stylistyczna (rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard)