allegoria
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See also: al·legoria
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English allegory), ultimately from Latin allēgoria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑlːeɡoriɑ/,
- Rhymes: -oriɑ
- Syllabification(key): al‧le‧go‧ri‧a
- Hyphenation(key): al‧le‧go‧ria
Noun
allegoria
Declension
| Inflection of allegoria (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | allegoria | allegoriat | |
| genitive | allegorian | allegorioiden allegorioitten | |
| partitive | allegoriaa | allegorioita | |
| illative | allegoriaan | allegorioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | allegoria | allegoriat | |
| accusative | nom. | allegoria | allegoriat |
| gen. | allegorian | ||
| genitive | allegorian | allegorioiden allegorioitten allegoriain rare | |
| partitive | allegoriaa | allegorioita | |
| inessive | allegoriassa | allegorioissa | |
| elative | allegoriasta | allegorioista | |
| illative | allegoriaan | allegorioihin | |
| adessive | allegorialla | allegorioilla | |
| ablative | allegorialta | allegorioilta | |
| allative | allegorialle | allegorioille | |
| essive | allegoriana | allegorioina | |
| translative | allegoriaksi | allegorioiksi | |
| abessive | allegoriatta | allegorioitta | |
| instructive | — | allegorioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “allegoria”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
allegoria f (plural allegorie)
Related terms
References
- ^ allegoria in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ allegoria in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
Further reading
- allegoria in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- allegoria in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).
Pronunciation
Noun
allēgoria f (genitive allēgoriae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | allēgoria | allēgoriae |
| genitive | allēgoriae | allēgoriārum |
| dative | allēgoriae | allēgoriīs |
| accusative | allēgoriam | allēgoriās |
| ablative | allēgoriā | allēgoriīs |
| vocative | allēgoria | allēgoriae |
Descendants
References
- “allegoria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- allegoria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.