allegorie
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French allégorie, from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑ.lə.ɣoːˈri/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: al‧le‧go‧rie
- Rhymes: -i
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: alégori
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).
Noun
allegorie oblique singular, f (oblique plural allegories, nominative singular allegorie, nominative plural allegories)
- allegory (symbolic story)
References
- Etymology and history of “allégorie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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