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29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: фігу́ра маўле́ння (fihúra mawljénnja) — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Bulgarian: реторична фигура (retorična figura) — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Czech: řečnická figura — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Dutch: stijlfiguur — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Finnish: kielikuva — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• French: figure de style — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• French: figure de rhétorique — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Galician: figura retórica — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• German: Redefigur — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• German: rhetorisches Stilmittel — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Greek: σχήμα λόγου (schíma lógou) — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Indonesian: majas — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Indonesian: gaya bahasa — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Italian: figura retorica — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Japanese: 言葉の綾 (kotoba no aya) — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Macedonian: сти́лска фигу́ра (stílska figúra) — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Malay: bunga bahasa — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Māori: kīpeha — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Polish: figura retoryczna — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Polish: figura stylistyczna — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Portuguese: figura de linguagem — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Romanian: figură de stil — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Russian: фигу́ра ре́чи (figúra réči) — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Russian: ритори́ческая фигу́ра (ritoríčeskaja figúra) — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Spanish: figura retórica — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Swedish: stilfigur — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Tagalog: tayutay — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Ottoman Turkish: كنایه (kinâye) — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard
• Ukrainian: фігу́ра мо́ви (fihúra móvy) — rhetoric, stylistic: word or phrase that deviates from standard