alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds or letters at the beginning of two or more words…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.
» When writing poetry, the author likes to use alliterations.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Alliteration
аллитера́цияalliterácija
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
(countable, uncountable)The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
Examples
4 sentencesWhen writing poetry, the author likes to use alliterations.
Old English poetry was based on alliteration rather than end rhyme.
deDie altenglische Dichtung arbeitete eher mit Alliterationen als mit Endreimen.
We studied the Concordance to Shakespeare to accumulate examples of alliteration.
I don't like Tom Jackson's writing because of all the facile alliteration.
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin allīterātiō, from allīterātus, from allīterō, from Latin ad (“to, towards,From New Latin allīterātiō, from allīterātus, from allīterō, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and lītera (“a letter”).
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Forms
plural: alliterations| Singular | alliteration |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse:initial rhymebeginning rhymehead rhyme
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable