alliteration

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (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.
2. (countable, uncountable) The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.

Sinonieme

head rhyme

initial rhyme

beginning rhyme

assonance

such as

rhyme

onomatopoeia

agnomination

Vertalings

allitération

aliteración

Alliteration

allitterazione

stafrijm

alliteratie

aliteração

al·literació

Stabreim

beginrijm

παρήχηση

aliterasyon

alliteracion

alliterazione

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/

Etimologie (Engels)

From New Latin allīterātiō, from allīterātus, from allīterō, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and lītera (“a letter”).