"allusion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈlu.ʒən/ [US] Audio: En-us-allusion.oga [US] Forms: allusions [plural]
Rhymes: -uːʒən Etymology: From Latin allūsiōnem, accusative singular of allūsiō (“the act of playing with”), from allūdō (“play with; allude”), from al-, combining form of ad (“to”), + lūdō (“play”): compare French allusion. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|allūsiōnem}} Latin allūsiōnem, {{cog|fr|allusion}} French allusion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} allusion (countable and uncountable, plural allusions)
  1. An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned. Wikipedia link: allusion Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: allude Translations (indirect reference, hint): تَلْمِيح (talmīḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), ակնարկ (aknark) (Armenian), eyham (Azerbaijani), намёк (namjók) [masculine] (Belarusian), алю́зія (aljúzija) [feminine] (Belarusian), на́мек (námek) [masculine] (Bulgarian), зага́тване (zagátvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), алю́зия (aljúzija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), al·lusió [feminine] (Catalan), 暗指 (ànzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 含義 (Chinese Mandarin), 含义 (hányì) (Chinese Mandarin), 寓意 (yùyì) (Chinese Mandarin), aluze [feminine] (Czech), hentydning [common-gender] (Danish), allusie [feminine] (Dutch), toespeling [feminine] (Dutch), zinspeling [feminine] (Dutch), aludo (Esperanto), alluusio (Finnish), viittaus (Finnish), vihje (Finnish), allusion [feminine] (French), alusión [feminine] (Galician), Anspielung [feminine] (German), Allusion [feminine] (German), νύξη (nýxi) [feminine] (Greek), υπαινιγμός (ypainigmós) [masculine] (Greek), utalás (Hungarian), kiasan (Indonesian), alusi (Indonesian), ailléideach [literary, masculine] (Irish), allusione [feminine] (Italian), 仄めかし (honomekashi) (alt: ほのめかし) (Japanese), 暗示 (anji) (alt: あんじ) (Japanese), 암시 (amsi) (alt: 暗示) (Korean), alūzija [feminine] (Latvian), mājiens [masculine] (Latvian), Allusioun [feminine] (Luxembourgish), алузија (aluzija) [feminine] (Macedonian), allusjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hentydning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), تلمیح (talmih) (Persian), aluzja [feminine] (Polish), alusão [feminine] (Portuguese), aluzie [feminine] (Romanian), аллю́зия (alljúzija) [feminine] (Russian), намёк (namjók) [masculine] (Russian), iomradh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), luaidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), а̀лӯзија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), àlūzija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), alúzia [feminine] (Slovak), aluzija [feminine] (Slovene), alusión (Spanish), ᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮁ (sindir) (Sundanese), allusion [common-gender] (Swedish), anspelning [common-gender] (Swedish), alusyon (Tagalog), patayutay (Tagalog), parunggit (Tagalog), gönderme (Turkish), на́тяк (nátjak) [masculine] (Ukrainian), алю́зія (aljúzija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Noun [French]

IPA: /a.ly.zjɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-allusion.ogg Forms: allusions [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin allūsiōnem (“frolicking”), from allūdō (“to frolic”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|la|allūsiō|allūsiōnem|frolicking|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin allūsiōnem (“frolicking”), {{bor+|fr|la|allūsiō|allūsiōnem|frolicking}} Borrowed from Latin allūsiōnem (“frolicking”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} allusion f (plural allusions)
  1. allusion, innuendo Tags: feminine Derived forms: faire allusion
    Sense id: en-allusion-fr-noun-LA7v7Gqo Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "暗指"
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      "code": "cmn",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "da",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "aludo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "word": "alluusio"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "word": "vihje"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "hu",
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    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "word": "kiasan"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ailléideach"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "allusione"
    },
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      "alt": "ほのめかし",
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      "roman": "honomekashi",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "word": "仄めかし"
    },
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      "alt": "あんじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anji",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "word": "暗示"
    },
    {
      "alt": "暗示",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "amsi",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "word": "암시"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mājiens"
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "алузија"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "hentydning"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "talmih",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "word": "تلمیح"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aluzja"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alusão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aluzie"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "alljúzija",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "аллю́зия"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iomradh"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "а̀лӯзија"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alúzia"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "es",
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      "roman": "sindir",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "word": "ᮞᮤᮔ᮪ᮓᮤᮁ"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "word": "alusyon"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "indirect reference, hint",
      "word": "gönderme"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nátjak",
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      ],
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      "roman": "aljúzija",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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