metaphor
metaphor
englantimetafora, kielikuva
Liittyvät sanat: metaphorical
Synonyymisanakirja
metaphor
trooppi, kielikuva, vertauskuva, metafora, väljähtynyt metafora, kuvallisen merkityksensä menettänyt kielikuva, ontuva vertaus, synesteettinen metafora.
Rimmaavat sanat
metaphor rimmaa näiden kanssa:
helibor, tšador, senior, junior, art director, primus motor, nestor, tutor...
Englannin sanakirja
metaphor (englanti > suomi)
metaphor englanniksi
puhekieltä The use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it is not, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described (but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile); the word or phrase used in this way; an implied comparison.
1874, John Seely Hart, First Lessons in Composition, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=P1ELAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA92&dq=%22Metaphor+may+be+changed+into+a+Simile%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22Metaphor%20may%20be%20changed%20into%20a%20Simile%22&f=false page 92,
1979, Daniel Breazeale (translator), (w), (w) 1873, Über Wahrheit und Lüge im außermoralischen Sinn, in Philosophy and Truth, page 84, quoted in 1998, (w), Truth and the Reality of God: An Essay in Natural Theology, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LliT8vLPXlIC&pg=PA103&dq=%22What+then+is+truth?+A+movable+host+of+metaphors,+metonymies%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_h7bMgpzKAhWFupQKHeywB7sQ6AEISjAIv=onepage&q=%22What%20then%20is%20truth%3F%20A%20movable%20host%20of%20metaphors%2C%20metonymies%22&f=false page 103,
puhekieltä The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.
desktop metaphor; wastebasket metaphor