figurative

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• /ˈfɪɡəɹətɪv/
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From Middle French figuratif.

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِسْتِعَارِيّ (istiʕāriyy) — metaphorical; not literal
• Arabic: مَجَازِيّ (majāziyy) — metaphorical; not literal
• Arabic: رَمْزِيّ (ramziyy) — metaphorical; not literal
• Armenian: փոխաբերական (pʻoxaberakan) — metaphorical; not literal
• Azerbaijani: məcazi — metaphorical; not literal
• Bulgarian: преносен (prenosen) — metaphorical; not literal
• Bulgarian: метафоричен (metaforičen) — metaphorical; not literal
• Catalan: figuratiu — metaphorical; not literal
• Chinese Mandarin: 比喻 (bǐyù) — metaphorical; not literal
• Chinese Mandarin: 象徵 /象征 (xiàngzhēng) — metaphorical; not literal
• Czech: přenesený — metaphorical; not literal
• Czech: obrazný — metaphorical; not literal
• Danish: overført — metaphorical; not literal
• Danish: billedlig — metaphorical; not literal
• Dutch: overdrachtelijk — metaphorical; not literal
• Dutch: figuurlijk — metaphorical; not literal
• Estonian: kujundlik — metaphorical; not literal
• Finnish: kuvaannollinen — metaphorical; not literal
• French: figuratif — metaphorical; not literal
• French: figuré — metaphorical; not literal
• Galician: figurativo — metaphorical; not literal
• Georgian: მეტაფორული (meṭaporuli) — metaphorical; not literal
• Georgian: ხატოვანი (xaṭovani) — metaphorical; not literal
• Georgian: გადატანითი (gadaṭaniti) — metaphorical; not literal
• German: bildlich — metaphorical; not literal
• German: figürlich — metaphorical; not literal
• German: metaphorisch — metaphorical; not literal
• German: symbolisch — metaphorical; not literal
• German: übertragen — metaphorical; not literal
• German: uneigentlich — metaphorical; not literal
• German: verblümt — metaphorical; not literal
• Greek: μεταφορικός (metaforikós) — metaphorical; not literal
• Ancient Greek: ἀλληγορικός (allēgorikós) — metaphorical; not literal
• Ancient Greek: τροπικός (tropikós) — metaphorical; not literal
• Hungarian: átvitt — metaphorical; not literal
• Hungarian: képletes — metaphorical; not literal
• Hungarian: jelképes — metaphorical; not literal
• Italian: figurativo — metaphorical; not literal
• Italian: figurato — metaphorical; not literal
• Japanese: 比喩的な (hiyuteki-na) — metaphorical; not literal
• Latin: tropicus — metaphorical; not literal
• Norwegian Bokmål: billedlig — metaphorical; not literal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: biletleg — metaphorical; not literal
• Occitan: figurat — metaphorical; not literal
• Old English: hīewlīċ — metaphorical; not literal
• Persian: استعاری (este'âri) — metaphorical; not literal
• Persian: انگاری (engâri) — metaphorical; not literal
• Polish: przenośny — metaphorical; not literal
• Portuguese: figurativo — metaphorical; not literal
• Portuguese: figurado — metaphorical; not literal
• Romanian: figurativ — metaphorical; not literal
• Russian: перено́сный (perenósnyj) — metaphorical; not literal
• Russian: о́бразный (óbraznyj) — metaphorical; not literal
• Russian: фигура́льный (figurálʹnyj) — metaphorical; not literal
• Russian: метафори́ческий (metaforíčeskij) — metaphorical; not literal
• Scottish Gaelic: samhlachail — metaphorical; not literal
• Spanish: figurativo — metaphorical; not literal
• Spanish: figurado — metaphorical; not literal
• Spanish: traslaticio — metaphorical; not literal
• Swedish: figurativ — metaphorical; not literal
• Turkish: mecazi — metaphorical; not literal
• Turkish: şekilli — metaphorical; not literal
• Turkish: sembolik — metaphorical; not literal
• Ukrainian: о́бразний (óbraznyj) — metaphorical; not literal
• Ukrainian: перено́сний (perenósnyj) — metaphorical; not literal
• Vietnamese: nghĩa bóng — metaphorical; not literal
• Bulgarian: преносен (prenosen) — metaphorically so called
• Danish: såkaldt — metaphorically so called
• Danish: symbolsk — metaphorically so called
• Georgian: გადატანითი მნიშვნელობით (gadaṭaniti mnišvnelobit) — metaphorically so called
• German: im übertragenen Sinne — metaphorically so called
• Hungarian: átvitt értelemben — metaphorically so called
• Occitan: figurat — metaphorically so called
• Bulgarian: образен (obrazen) — with many figures of speech
• German: bilderreich — with many figures of speech
• Greek: πολύσημος (polýsimos) — with many figures of speech
• Occitan: figurat — with many figures of speech
• Persian: پراستعاره (porâste'âre) — with many figures of speech
• German: sinnbildlich — emblematic
• German: symbolisch — emblematic
• Greek: εικαστικός (eikastikós) — emblematic
• Hungarian: jelképes — emblematic
• Hungarian: szimbolikus — emblematic
• Occitan: figurat — emblematic
• Occitan: figuratiu — emblematic
• Afrikaans: figuurlik — art
• Catalan: figuratiu — art
• Danish: figurativ — art
• Norwegian Bokmål: figurativ — art
• Norwegian Nynorsk: figurativ — art