Meaning of Alliteration | Babel Free
əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃənDefinitions
- The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; such repetition specifically involving stressed syllables.
- The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
Equivalents
العربية
الجناس
Català
al·literació
Ελληνικά
παρήχηση
Esperanto
aliteracio
Español
aliteración
Français
allitération
Gaeilge
uaim
Galego
aliteración
हिन्दी
अनुप्रास
Bahasa Indonesia
aliterasi
Italiano
allitterazione
日本語
頭韻
ქართული
ალიტერაცია
한국어
두운
Kurdî
alîterasyon
Polski
aliteracja
Português
aliteração
Русский
аллитерация
తెలుగు
అనుప్రాసము
Tagalog
aliterasyon
Türkçe
aliterasyon
Examples
“So fish fury all round, as there has been in the past. And as an aside, that alliteration was, sadly, not mine that of a former political correspondent of the Daily Record, John Deans, and applied to the 'cod wars' with Iceland.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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