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Translate figure of speech from English to German

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figure of speech:
- Stilfigur; Verkörperung
Wiktionary:
- figure of speech → Redewendung
- figure of speech → Rhetorische Figur, Stilfigur, Stilmittel, Redefigur

English

Detailed Translations for figure of speech from English to German

figure of speech:

figure of speech [the ~] noun

the figure of speech
die Stilfigur; die Verkörperung
- Stilfigur [die ~] noun
- Verkörperung [die ~] noun

Translation Matrix for figure of speech:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Stilfigur	figure of speech
Verkörperung	figure of speech	embodiment; incarnation; personification
-	figure; image; trope

Synonyms for "figure of speech":

trope; figure; image; rhetorical device

Related Definitions for "figure of speech":

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense¹

Wiktionary Translations for figure of speech:

figure of speech

noun

word or phrase
- figure of speech → Redewendung

figure of speech

noun

Linguistik: eine Verbindung von mehreren Wörtern („feste Wortverbindung“), die eine Einheit bilden. Die Gesamtbedeutung kann nicht aus der Bedeutung der Einzelelemente abgeleitet werden.
- Redewendung → idiom; phrase; locution; figure of speech

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• figure of speech	→ Rhetorische Figur; Stilfigur; Stilmittel; Redefigur	↔ figure de style — rhéto\|nocat=1 usage du langage figuré pour produire un effet stylistique.

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