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al·lit·er·a·tion  (-lt-rshn)

n.

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables, as in "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences" (Hart Crane). Modern alliteration is predominantly consonantal; certain literary traditions, such as Old English verse, also alliterate using vowel sounds.

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[From ad- + Latin littera, letter.]

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alliteration

Noun

the use of the same sound at the start of words occurring together, as in round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran [Latin litera letter]

alliterative adj

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alliteration

the repetition of a sound, especially a consonant, for rhetorical or poetic effect. Also called adnomination, agnomination, annomination. — alliterative, adj.

See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

alliteration - use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran" beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme rhyme, rime - correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

Translations

alliteration [əlɪtəˈreɪʃən] n → aliteración f

alliteration [əlɪtəˈreɪʃən] n → allitération f

alliteration [əlɪtəˈreɪʃən] n → Alliteration f

alliteration [əlɪtəˈreɪʃən] n → allitterazione f