alegoria

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See also: alegoría, alegória, and alegorią

Esperanto

Etymology

From alegorio +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aleɡoˈria]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: a‧le‧go‧ri‧a

Adjective

alegoria

  1. allegorical, allegoric

Polish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin allēgoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).[1] First attested in 1583.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alɛˈɡɔrja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrja
  • Syllabification: a‧le‧go‧ria

Noun

alegoria f (diminutive alegoryjka)

  1. (narratology, rhetoric) allegory (narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)
  2. (by extension) allegory (symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning)
  3. (Middle Polish) fiction, make-believe[1]

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
adverb
nouns
verb

Collocations

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (19.01.2020) “ALEGORIA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “alegoryja”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).[1]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧le‧go‧ri‧a

Noun

alegoria f (plural alegorias)

  1. allegory (the representation of abstract principles)

References

  1. ^ alegoria”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024