alliteration

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 [əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən]

n

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the use of the same consonant (consonantal alliteration) or of a vowel, not necessarily the same vowel (vocalic alliteration), at the beginning of each word or each stressed syllable in a line of verse, as in around the rock the ragged rascal ran

[from Medieval Latin alliterātiō (from Latin al- (see ad-) + litera letter), on the model of obliterātiō obliteration]

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 [əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən] N → aliteración f

alliteration [əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən] n → allitération f

alliteration

n → Alliteration f, → Stabreim m

alliteration [əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃ/ən] n → allitterazione f