metaforisk

Danish

Etymology

From metafor +‎ -isk.

Adjective

metaforisk (plural and definite singular attributive metaforiske)

1. metaphoric, metaphorical

Inflection

Inflection of metaforisk

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	metaforisk	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	metaforisk	—	—2
plural	metaforiske	—	—2
definite attributive1	metaforiske	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

• “metaforisk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From metafor +‎ -isk.

Adjective

metaforisk (neuter singular metaforisk, definite singular and plural metaforiske)

1. metaphoric, metaphorical
2. (as an adverb) metaphorically

References

• “metaforisk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From metafor +‎ -isk.

Adjective

metaforisk (neuter singular metaforisk, definite singular and plural metaforiske)

1. metaphoric, metaphorical

References

• “metaforisk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

metafor +‎ -isk.

Adjective

metaforisk (comparative mer metaforisk, superlative mest metaforisk)

1. metaphorical

Declension

Inflection of metaforisk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	metaforisk	mer metaforisk	mest metaforisk
neuter singular	metaforiskt	mer metaforiskt	mest metaforiskt
plural	metaforiska	mer metaforiska	mest metaforiska
masculine plural2	metaforiske	mer metaforiska	mest metaforiska
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	metaforiske	mer metaforiske	mest metaforiske
all	metaforiska	mer metaforiska	mest metaforiska

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• metaforisk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• metaforisk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• metaforisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)