"metaphorical" meaning in All languages combined

See metaphorical on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌmɛtəˈfɒɹɪkəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌmɛtəˈfɔːɹɪkəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-metaphorical.wav Forms: more metaphorical [comparative], most metaphorical [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} metaphorical (comparative more metaphorical, superlative most metaphorical)
  1. Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic. Synonyms: metaphoric Derived forms: metaphorically Related terms: figurative Translations (pertaining to a metaphor): اِسْتِعَارِيّ (istiʕāriyy) (Arabic), مَجَازِيّ (majāziyy) (Arabic), رَمْزِيّ (ramziyy) (Arabic), məcazi (Azerbaijani), метафоричен (metaforičen) (Bulgarian), metafòric (Catalan), 比喻 (bǐyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 象徵 (Chinese Mandarin), 象征 (xiàngzhēng) (Chinese Mandarin), metaforisk (Danish), metaforisch (Dutch), vertauskuvallinen (Finnish), metaforinen (Finnish), metafórico (Galician), metaphorisch (German), metaforikus (Hungarian), metaforico (Italian), 比喩的な (hiyuteki-na) (alt: ひゆてきな) (Japanese), metaforisks (Latvian), metaforisk (Norwegian Bokmål), metaforisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), metaforic (Occitan), metaforyczny (Polish), metafórico (Portuguese), метафори́ческий (metaforíčeskij) (Russian), перено́сный (perenósnyj) (Russian), о́бразный (óbraznyj) (Russian), фигура́льный (figurálʹnyj) (Russian), metafórico (Spanish), metaforisk (Swedish), bildlig (Swedish), метафори́чний (metaforýčnyj) (Ukrainian)

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