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Metaphorical

{

Metˊa-phor′ic

,

Metˊa-phor′ic-al

, }

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

métaphorique

.]

Of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical;

as, a

metaphorical

expression; a

metaphorical

sense.

–

Metˊa-phor′ic-al-ly

,

adv.

–

Metˊa-phor′ic-al-ness

,

Noun.

Definition 2025

metaphorical

metaphorical

English

Adjective

metaphorical ‎(comparative more metaphorical, superlative most metaphorical)

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

Synonyms

metaphoric

Derived terms

metaphorically

Translations

See also: figurative

pertaining to a metaphor

Arabic: اِسْتِعَارِيّ ‎(istiʿāriyy), مَجَازِيّ ‎(majāziyy), رَمْزِيّ ‎(ramziyy)
Catalan: metafòric
Chinese:
Mandarin: 比喻 (zh) ‎(bǐyù), 象徵 (zh), 象征 (zh) ‎(xiàngzhēng)
Dutch: metaforisch (nl)
Finnish: vertauskuvallinen (fi), metaforinen (fi)
German: metaphorisch (de)
Japanese: 比喩的な (ja) ‎(ひゆてきな, hiyuteki-na)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: metaforisk (no)

Nynorsk: metaforisk
Portuguese: metafórico (pt)
Russian: метафори́ческий (ru) ‎(metaforíčeskij), перено́сный (ru) ‎(perenósnyj), о́бразный (ru) ‎(óbraznyj), фигура́льный (ru) ‎(figurálʹnyj)
Spanish: metafórico m, metafórica (es) f
Swedish: metaforisk, bildlig (sv)