hypallage
English
Etymology
From Latin hypallage, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ), from ὑπό (hupó, “hypo-”) + ἀλλάσσειν (allássein, “to exchange”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /hɪˈpælədʒi/, /hʌɪˈpælədʒi/
- Rhymes: -ælədʒi
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.
Synonyms
- transferred epithet
Related terms
Translations
literary device
Finnish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhypɑlːɑɡe/, [ˈhypɑ̝lˌlɑ̝ɡe̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑɡe
- Syllabification(key): hy‧pal‧la‧ge
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 hypallageinrare | ||
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. |
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hypallage, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπαλλαγή (hupallagḗ).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “hypallage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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