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has gloss(adjective) (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language"
figurative, nonliteral
lexicalizationeng: figurative
lexicalizationeng: nonliteral
Meaning
Afrikaans
lexicalizationafr: figuratief
Standard Arabic
lexicalizationarb: رمزي
Bulgarian
lexicalizationbul: изобразителен
German
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Esperanto
lexicalizationepo: figura
lexicalizationepo: metafora
Finnish
lexicalizationfin: figuratiivinen
lexicalizationfin: kuvaava
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French
lexicalizationfra: figuratif
Hebrew
lexicalizationheb: פיגורטיבי
Hindi
lexicalizationhin: AlaMkArika
Hungarian
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Italian
lexicalizationita: figurativo
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Georgian
lexicalizationkat: ფიგურალური
Korean
lexicalizationkor: 수식적인
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Dutch
lexicalizationnld: figuratief
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Iranian Persian
lexicalizationpes: مجازي
Polish
lexicalizationpol: figuratywny
Portuguese
lexicalizationpor: figurativo
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Moldavian
lexicalizationron: figurat
Castilian
lexicalizationspa: figurativa
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Thai
lexicalizationtha: เป็นอุปมาอุปไมย
lexicalizationtha: ซึ่งแสดงเป็นรูปเป็นร่าง
Turkish
lexicalizationtur: figürsel
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Ukrainian
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opposite(adjective) limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"
literal
similar(adjective) expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy; "the analogical use of a metaphor"
analogical
similar(adjective) beyond the literal or primary sense; "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'"
extended
similar(adjective) expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language"
metaphoric, metaphorical
similar(adjective) using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
metonymic, metonymical
similar(adjective) characterized by romantic imagery; "Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic"
poetic
similar(adjective) using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it; "to use `hand' for `worker' or `ten sail' for `ten ships' or `steel' for `sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech"
synecdochical, synecdochic
similar(adjective) characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
tropical

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