simile

sim·i·le  (sm-l)

n.

A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in "How like the winter hath my absence been" or "So are you to my thoughts as food to life" (Shakespeare).

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[Middle English, from Latin, likeness, comparison, from neuter of similis, like; see similar.]

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simile [ˈsɪmɪlɪ]

n

(Linguistics) a figure of speech that expresses the resemblance of one thing to another of a different category, usually introduced by as or like Compare metaphor

[from Latin simile something similar, from similis like]

Thesaurus

Noun

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simile - a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as') figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

Translations

simile [ˈsɪmɪlɪ] N → símil m

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simile [ˈsɪmɪli] n → comparaison f

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simile

n → Gleichnis nt; his use of simile → sein Gebrauch m → von Gleichnissen

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simile [ˈsɪmɪlɪ] n → similitudine f, paragone m

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simile [ˈsɪmɪlɪ] n → similitudine f, paragone m

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simile

n simile [ˈsiməli]

a form of expression using `like' or `as', in which one thing is compared to another which it only resembles in one or a small number of ways Her hair was like silk' is a simile. vergelyking تَشْبيه лит. сравнение přirovnání lignelse der Vergleich παρομοίωση (γραμμ.) símil võrdlus تشبيه vertaus comparaison דִימוּי उपमा poredba hasonlat kiasan (sam)líking similitudine 直喩 직유(直喩) palyginimas salīdzinājums perumpamaan vergelijking sammenlikning porównanie símile comparaţie сравнение prirovnanie prispodoba stilsko poređenje liknelse การเปรียบเทียบ benzetme, teşbih 明喻 порівняння تشبیہہ sự ví von 明喻