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metaphor

/ˈmɛtəfə/

/ˈmɛtəfɔr/

Translations

metaphornoun

metaphors

/ˈmɛtəfə/

/ˈmɛtəfɔr/

métaphore

The phrase 'time is a thief' is a metaphor that suggests time steals moments from our lives.

L'expression « le temps est un voleur » est une métaphore qui suggère que le temps nous vole des instants de notre vie.

Additional translations

métaphore conceptuelleTerminologie de linguistique cognitive.

Synonyms

figure of speech

metaphoradjective

/ˈmet.ə.fɔː/

/ˈmɛt̬.ə.fɔr/

Used attributively before a noun to mean ‘pertaining to or involving metaphor’; rarely, if ever, gradable.

métaphorique

Metaphor studies often explore how abstract concepts are grounded in bodily experience.

Les études métaphoriques explorent souvent comment les concepts abstraits s'enracinent dans l'expérience corporelle.

Synonyms

Definitions

metaphornoun

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

The phrase 'time is a thief' is a metaphor that suggests time steals moments from our lives.

A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract.

The melting pot is a metaphor for a society where many different types of people blend together as one.

Language or imagery characterized by the extensive use of metaphors.

Her poetry is dense with metaphor, evoking vivid emotional landscapes.

In cognitive linguistics, a systematic conceptual mapping between two domains of experience that structures understanding of one domain in terms of the other.

The ARGUMENT IS WAR metaphor shapes the language people use when they disagree.

metaphoradjective

Attributive. Of or relating to metaphor or the study of metaphors.

Metaphor studies often explore how abstract concepts are grounded in bodily experience.