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English and French Translation Search Results for figure of speech

Summary

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figure of speech:
- figure de style
Wiktionary:
- figure of speech → figure de rhétorique, figure de style
- figure of speech → locution

English

Detailed Translations for figure of speech from English to French

figure of speech:

figure of speech [the ~] noun

the figure of speech
la figure de style
- figure de style [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for figure of speech:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
figure de style	figure of speech
-	figure; image; trope

Synonyms for "figure of speech":

trope; figure; image; rhetorical device

Related Definitions for "figure of speech":

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense¹

Wiktionary Translations for figure of speech:

figure of speech

noun

word or phrase
- figure of speech → figure de rhétorique; figure de style

figure of speech

noun

rhéto|nocat=1 usage du langage figuré pour produire un effet stylistique.
- figure de style → figure of speech

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• figure of speech	→ locution	↔ Redewendung — Linguistik: eine Verbindung von mehreren Wörtern („feste Wortverbindung“), die eine Einheit bilden. Die Gesamtbedeutung kann nicht aus der Bedeutung der Einzelelemente abgeleitet werden.

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