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hypallage

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English

Etymology

From Latin hypallagē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ), from ὑπό (hupó, hypo-) + ἀλλάσσειν (allássein, to exchange).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /hɪˈpælədʒi/, /hʌɪˈpælədʒi/
  • Rhymes: -ælədʒi

Noun

hypallage (countable and uncountable, plural hypallages)

More information Examples (rhetoric, grammar) ...
  1. (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a grammatical modifier which syntactically modifies an item other than the one it belongs to semantically, generating a connection between the two.
  2. (countable, rhetoric) A phrase in which this occurs.

Synonyms

  • transferred epithet

Translations

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Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhypɑlːɑɡe/, [ˈhypɑ̝lˌlɑ̝ɡe̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑɡe
  • Syllabification(key): hy‧pal‧la‧ge
  • Hyphenation(key): hy‧pal‧la‧ge

Noun

hypallage

  1. (rhetoric) hypallage

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hypallage, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ).

Pronunciation

Noun

hypallage f or m (plural hypallages)

  1. (rhetoric) chiasmus

Further reading

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