"alliteration" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/ [US], [əˌlɪɾəˈɹeɪʃən] [US] Audio: En-ca-alliteration.oga Forms: alliterations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From New Latin allīterātiō, from allīterātus, from allīterō, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and lītera (“a letter”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|allīterātiō}} New Latin allīterātiō, {{der|en|la|ad|t=to, towards, near}} Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} alliteration (countable and uncountable, plural alliterations)
  1. The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the repetition of letters or sounds): alliteración [feminine] (Asturian), al·literació [feminine] (Catalan), 頭韻 (Chinese Mandarin), 头韵 (tóuyùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 雙聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 双声 (shuāngshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), allitteration [common-gender] (Danish), alliteratie (Dutch), stafrijm (Dutch), aliteracio (Esperanto), stavrím [neuter] (Faroese), bókstavarím [neuter] (Faroese), stuðul [masculine] (Faroese), alkusointu (Finnish), allitteraatio (Finnish), alliteraatio (Finnish), allitération [feminine] (French), aliteración [feminine] (Galician), ალიტერაცია (aliṭeracia) (Georgian), Alliteration [feminine] (German), παρήχηση (paríchisi) [feminine] (Greek), alliteráció (Hungarian), stuðlun [feminine] (Icelandic), stafrím [neuter] (Icelandic), aliterasi (Indonesian), uaim [feminine] (Irish), allitterazione [feminine] (Italian), 頭韻 (touin) (Japanese), 두운 (duun) (Korean), aalettyraghys [masculine] (Manx), orokati tārua (Maori), orokatirua (Maori), alliteracion [feminine] (Occitan), واج آرایی (vâj ârâyi) (Persian), aliteracja [feminine] (Polish), aliteração [feminine] (Portuguese), аллитера́ция (alliterácija) [feminine] (Russian), अनुप्रास (anuprāsa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), алитера́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aliterácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), aliteración [feminine] (Spanish), allitteration (Swedish), uddrim [neuter] (Swedish), aliterasyon (Tagalog), saulinig (Tagalog), மோனை (mōṉai) (Tamil), అనుప్రాసము (anuprāsamu) (Telugu), aliterasyon (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-alliteration-en-noun-tQBKazfd Disambiguation of 'the repetition of letters or sounds': 55 45
  2. The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Prosody
    Sense id: en-alliteration-en-noun-bZVQeq~5 Disambiguation of Prosody: 22 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alliterationist Related terms: alliterational, alliterative, alliteratively, alliterativeness

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ast",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "aliteración"
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      "roman": "aliṭeracia",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "word": "ალიტერაცია"
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      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "παρήχηση"
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      "word": "alliteráció"
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      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
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      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "allitterazione"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "word": "頭韻"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "duun",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "word": "두운"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aalettyraghys"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "word": "orokati tārua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "word": "orokatirua"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alliteracion"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vâj ârâyi",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "word": "واج آرایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aliteracja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aliteração"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alliterácija",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "аллитера́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "anuprāsa",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "अनुप्रास"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "алитера́ција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "aliterácija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aliteración"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "word": "allitteration"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
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      "word": "uddrim"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "word": "aliterasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "word": "saulinig"
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    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "mōṉai",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "word": "மோனை"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "anuprāsamu",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "word": "అనుప్రాసము"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the repetition of letters or sounds",
      "word": "aliterasyon"
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    "Alfred Tennyson",
    "Milton",
    "Piers Plowman"
  ],
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