allegorical

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæl.ɪˈɡɔɹ.ɪ.kəl/

Adjective

allegorical (comparative more allegorical, superlative most allegorical)

1. of, relating to, or containing allegory

   Synonym: allegoric

   • c. 1717, Alexander Pope, remarks on Thomas Parnell's Battle of the Frogs and Mice

     An allegorical application.

   • 1861, Friedrich Max Müller, Lectures on the Science of Language:

     Allegorical being […] that kind of language which says one thing, but means another.

Derived terms

• allegoricality
• allegorically
• allegoricalness
• nonallegorical
• unallegorical

 

Translations

of, relating to, or containing allegory

• Asturian: alegóricu
• Belarusian: алегары́чны (aljeharýčny)
• Bulgarian: алегоричен (bg) (alegoričen)
• Catalan: al·legòric (ca)
• Czech: alegorický (cs)
• Danish: allegorisk
• Dutch: allegorisch (nl)
• Esperanto: alegoria (eo)
• Finnish: allegorinen (fi)
• French: allégorique (fr)
• Galician: alegórico
• German: allegorisch (de), sinnbildlich (de)
• Greek: αλληγορικός (el) (alligorikós)

  Ancient Greek: ἀλληγορικός m (allēgorikós)

• Hungarian: allegorikus (hu), jelképes (hu)
• Italian: allegorico (it)
• Latvian: alegorisks
• Polish: alegoryczny (pl)
• Portuguese: alegórico (pt)
• Russian: аллегори́ческий (ru) (allegoríčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: samhlachail
• Serbo-Croatian: alegoričan
• Spanish: alegórico (es)
• Swedish: allegorisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: алегори́чний (uk) (alehorýčnyj)
• Volapük: lalegorik (vo)