simile

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.
2. (countable, uncountable) Similarity or resemblance to something else; likeness, similitude.
3. (countable, uncountable) Something similar that's not a clone.

Concepts

comparaison

exemple

bien que

parabole

quoi que

même si

métaphore

Opposé de

dissimile

Synonymes

metaphor

analogy

comparison

allegory

figure of speech

likeness

example

picture

parable

similitude

image

analog

painting

🖼️

paragon

parallelism

parity

propinquity

prototype

resemblance

similar

similarity

similarly

analogue

effigy

analogous

for example

for instance

like

trope

Traductions

símil

Gleichnis

similitudine

Vergleich

paragone

παρομοίωση

símil

temsil

vergelijking

comparação

Metapher

Sinnbild

bildhafter Ausdruck

selbst wenn

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsɪməli/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à anglais: similar

In summary

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