hyperbole

Signification (Anglais)

1. (rhetoric, uncountable) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
2. (countable) An instance or example of such overstatement.
3. (countable, obsolete) A hyperbola.

Concepts

hyperbole

exagération

Opposé de

understatement

Synonymes

exaggeration

overstatement

exorbitance

extravagance

hyperbola

overstate

exaggerate

preciosity

excessive

Traductions

hipérbole

iperbole

Hyperbel

Übertreibung

υπερβολή

hyperbool

hipérbole

hyperbole

hipèrbole

abartmak

mübalâğa

abartma

exagero

exageració

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/haɪˈpɜːbəli/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English iperbole, yperbole, from Latin hyperbolē, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ, “excess, exaggeration”), from ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-). Doublet of hyperbola.