simile

See also: símile

English

Etymology

From Latin simile ("comparison, likeness", "parallel") (first attested 1393), originally from simile the neuter form of similis ("like, similar, resembling"). Confer the English similar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪməli/
  • Audio (US)(file)
Examples (figure of speech)

Her eyes were like stars.

Noun

simile (countable and uncountable, plural similes or similia)

  1. A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like or as.
    A simile is a bit like a metaphor.
    • 1925, Fruit of the Flower, by Countee Cullen
      My father is a quiet man -- With sober, steady ways; -- For simile, a folded fan; -- His nights are like his days.

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Translations

See also

  • metaphor
  • Category:English similes
  • Appendix:English similes - an appendix containing many similes

Anagrams

Esperanto

Adverb

simile

  1. similarly

Italian

Etymology

From Latin similis.

Adjective

simile (masculine and feminine plural simili)

  1. similar
    • Non è molto simile. It is not very similar.
  2. such
    • È possibile una cosa simile? Is such a thing possible?

Synonyms

Antonyms

Latin

Adjective

simile

  1. nominative masculine singular of similis
  2. nominative feminine singular of similis
  3. vocative masculine singular of similis
  4. vocative feminine singular of similis

References

  • simile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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