hypallage
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English
Etymology
From Latin hypallage, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ), from ὑπό (hupó, “hypo-”) + ἀλλάσσειν (allássein, “to exchange”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hypallage (countable and uncountable, plural hypallages)
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- (rhetoric, grammar) A construction in which a modifier with meaning associated with one word appears grammatically applied to another, often used as a literary device.
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Related terms
Translations
literary device
See also
Finnish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
hypallage
Declension
| Inflection of hypallage (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | hypallage | hypallaget | |
| genitive | hypallagen | hypallagejen | |
| partitive | hypallagea | hypallageja | |
| illative | hypallageen | hypallageihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hypallage | hypallaget | |
| accusative | nom. | hypallage | hypallaget |
| gen. | hypallagen | ||
| genitive | hypallagen | hypallagejen hypallagein rare | |
| partitive | hypallagea | hypallageja | |
| inessive | hypallagessa | hypallageissa | |
| elative | hypallagesta | hypallageista | |
| illative | hypallageen | hypallageihin | |
| adessive | hypallagella | hypallageilla | |
| ablative | hypallagelta | hypallageilta | |
| allative | hypallagelle | hypallageille | |
| essive | hypallagena | hypallageina | |
| translative | hypallageksi | hypallageiksi | |
| abessive | hypallagetta | hypallageitta | |
| instructive | — | hypallagein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hypallage, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ).
Pronunciation
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Noun
hypallage f or m (plural hypallages)
Further reading
- “hypallage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.