"metaphorical" meaning in English

See metaphorical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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): μεταφορικός (metaphorikós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), 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), μεταφορικός (metaforikós) [masculine] (Greek), रूपक (rūpak) (Hindi), 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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      "roman": "figurálʹnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to a metaphor",
      "word": "фигура́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pertaining to a metaphor",
      "word": "metafórico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to a metaphor",
      "word": "metaforisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pertaining to a metaphor",
      "word": "bildlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "metaforýčnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to a metaphor",
      "word": "метафори́чний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "metaphorical"
}

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