metaphorical

English

Etymology

From metaphoric +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛtəˈfɒɹɪkəl/
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛtəˈfoɹɪkəl/, [ˌmɛɾ.əˈfoɹ.ɪ.kɫ̩]
- Audio (US): (file)
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌmetəˈfɔɹɪkəl/, [ˌmeɾ.əˈfɔɹ.ɪ.kɫ̩]
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌmetəˈfɒɹəkəl/, [ˌmeɾ.əˈfɔ̟ɹ.ə.kɫ̩]
Hyphenation: meta‧phor‧ical

Adjective

metaphorical (comparative more metaphorical, superlative most metaphorical)

Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.
metaphorical depiction

metaphorical description

metaphorical question

Synonyms

metaphoric

Derived terms

metaphorically

Translations

pertaining to a metaphor

Arabic: اِسْتِعَارِيّ (istiʕāriyy), مَجَازِيّ (majāziyy), رَمْزِيّ (ramziyy)
Hijazi Arabic: مجازي (majāzi)
Armenian: փոխաբերական (hy) (pʻoxaberakan)
Azerbaijani: məcazi (az)
Bulgarian: метафоричен (bg) (metaforičen)
Catalan: metafòric
Chinese:
Mandarin: 比喻 (zh) (bǐyù), 象徵 / 象征 (zh) (xiàngzhēng)
Czech: obrazný, metaforický
Danish: metaforisk
Dutch: metaforisch (nl), overdrachtelijk (nl)
Esperanto: metafora (eo)
Finnish: vertauskuvallinen (fi), metaforinen (fi)
French: métaphorique (fr), figuré (fr)
Galician: metafórico
German: metaphorisch (de)
Greek: μεταφορικός (el) m (metaforikós)
Ancient Greek: μεταφορικός m (metaphorikós)
Hindi: रूपक (hi) (rūpak)
Hungarian: metaforikus (hu)
Italian: metaforico (it)
Japanese: 比喩的な (ja) (ひゆてきな, hiyuteki-na)
Latin: metaphoricus
Latvian: metaforisks
Lithuanian: metaforiškas
Norwegian:
Bokmål: metaforisk (no)

Nynorsk: metaforisk
Occitan: metaforic (oc)
Polish: metaforyczny (pl)
Portuguese: metafórico (pt)
Russian: метафори́ческий (ru) (metaforíčeskij), перено́сный (ru) (perenósnyj), о́бразный (ru) (óbraznyj), фигура́льный (ru) (figurálʹnyj)
Spanish: metafórico (es)
Swedish: metaforisk (sv), bildlig (sv)
Ukrainian: метафори́чний (metaforýčnyj)

See also

Anagrams

pharmacolite