simile

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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪməli/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈsəməli/
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• Scotland: /ˈsɪməle/
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• Scotland: /-lɪ/
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From Latin simile (“comparison, likeness, parallel”) (first attested 1393), originally from simile, neuter form of similis (“like, similar, resembling”). Compare English similar.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَشْبِيه (tašbīh) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Azerbaijani: təşbeh — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Belarusian: параўна́нне (parawnánnje) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Bulgarian: сравне́ние (sravnénie) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Catalan: símil — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Chinese Mandarin: 直喻 (zhíyù) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Chinese Mandarin: 明喻 (míngyù) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Chinese Mandarin: 譬喻 (pìyù) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Chinese Mandarin: 比喻 (bǐyù) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Czech: přirovnání — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Danish: sammenligning — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Danish: lignelse — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Dutch: vergelijking — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Finnish: vertaus — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• French: comparaison — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Georgian: შედარება (šedareba) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• German: Vergleich — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• German: Gleichnis — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉 (gajukō) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Greek: παρομοίωση (paromoíosi) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Hebrew: דִּמּוּי (dimmúy) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Hindi: उपमा (upmā) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Hungarian: hasonlat — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Icelandic: líking — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Icelandic: samlíking — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Icelandic: viðlíking — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Italian: similitudine — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Japanese: 直喩 (chokuyu) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Japanese: 比喩 (hiyu) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Japanese: シミレ (shimire) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Korean: 직유 (jigyu) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Korean: 시밀레 (simille) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Macedonian: споредба (sporedba) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Malayalam: ഉപമ (upama) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Māori: kupu whakarite — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Norwegian Bokmål: simile — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Persian: تشبیه (tašbih) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Polish: porównanie — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Portuguese: símile — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Romanian: comparație — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Russian: сравне́ние (sravnénije) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Sanskrit: उपमा (upamā) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Serbo-Croatian: поређење — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Serbo-Croatian: поредба — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Serbo-Croatian: успоредба — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Serbo-Croatian: poređenje — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Serbo-Croatian: poredba — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Serbo-Croatian: usporedba — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Slovak: prirovnanie — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Slovene: primera — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Spanish: símil — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Swahili: tashbihi — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Swedish: liknelse — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Tamil: உவமை (uvamai) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Thai: อุปมา (ùp-bpà-maa) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Turkish: teşbih — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Ukrainian: порі́вняння (porívnjannja) — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Uzbek: tashbih — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Vietnamese: so sánh — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
• Welsh: cymhariaeth — figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another