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simile

simile · similes · similia

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Vergleich, Gleichnis

A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.gA figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.

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/ˈsɪməli/

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Значение

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(исчисляемое, rhetoric, неисчисляемое)A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
Vergleich, Gleichnis
сравне́ниеsravnénije
порі́внянняporívnjannja
a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with ‘like’ or ‘as’)
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Similarity or resemblance to something else; likeness, similitude.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Something similar that's not a clone.

Примеры

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Can't we use a simile here?
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · shekitten · C2Открыть на Tatoeba Сообщить о проблеме
A simile is like a bridge.
deEin Vergleich ist wie eine Brücke. — merikilpikonna
CC0 · Tatoeba · shekitten · C2Открыть на Tatoeba Сообщить о проблеме
Not only Orientals love metaphors and similes.
CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · nonong · C2Открыть на Tatoeba Сообщить о проблеме

Переводы

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Происхождение

From Latin simile (“comparison, likeness, parallel”) (first attested 1393), originally fro

From Latin simile (“comparison, likeness, parallel”) (first attested 1393), originally from simile, neuter form of similis (“like, similar, resembling”). Compare English similar.

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