alliteration

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• US: /əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/
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• US: [əˌlɪɾəˈɹeɪʃən]
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 L IH1 T ER0 EY2 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From New Latin allīterātiō, from allīterātus, from allīterō, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and lītera (“a letter”).

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: alliteración — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Catalan: al·literació — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭韻 /头韵 (tóuyùn) — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Chinese Mandarin: 雙聲 /双声 (shuāngshēng) — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Danish: allitteration — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Dutch: alliteratie — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Dutch: stafrijm — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Esperanto: aliteracio — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Faroese: stavrím — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Faroese: bókstavarím — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Faroese: stuðul — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Finnish: alkusointu — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Finnish: allitteraatio — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Finnish: alliteraatio — the repetition of letters or sounds
• French: allitération — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Galician: aliteración — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Georgian: ალიტერაცია (aliṭeracia) — the repetition of letters or sounds
• German: Alliteration — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Greek: παρήχηση (paríchisi) — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Hindi: अनुप्रास (anuprās) — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Hungarian: alliteráció — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Icelandic: stuðlun — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Icelandic: stafrím — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Indonesian: aliterasi — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Irish: uaim — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Italian: allitterazione — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Japanese: 頭韻 (touin) — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Korean: 두운 (duun) — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Manx: aalettyraghys — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Māori: orokati tārua — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Māori: orokatirua — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Occitan: alliteracion — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Persian: واج آرایی (vâj ârâyi) — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Polish: aliteracja — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Portuguese: aliteração — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Russian: аллитера́ция (alliterácija) — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Sanskrit: अनुप्रास (anuprāsa) — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Serbo-Croatian: алитера́ција — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Serbo-Croatian: aliterácija — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Spanish: aliteración — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Swedish: allitteration — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Swedish: stavrim — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Swedish: bokstavsrim — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Swedish: uddrim — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Tagalog: aliterasyon — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Tagalog: saulinig — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Tamil: மோனை (mōṉai) — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Telugu: అనుప్రాసము (anuprāsamu) — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Turkish: aliterasyon — the repetition of letters or sounds
• Turkish: ses benzeşmesi — the repetition of letters or sounds