métaphore

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.ta.fɔʁ/
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Noun

métaphore f (plural métaphores)

  1. metaphor
    • 1932, Pierre Louÿs, La Femme dans la poésie arabe, dans Archipel:
      Voila comment, dans la plupart des poèmes arabes que l’on va lire, les métaphores même les plus complexes ne quittent jamais le champ des réalités pour celui des abstractions.
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