metafoor

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “I transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”)

Pronunciation

  • metafoor(file)
  • Hyphenation: me‧ta‧foor

Noun

metafoor f (plural metaforen, diminutive metafoortje n)

  1. (linguistics) metaphor, figure of speech

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