hyperbole

Значение (Английский)

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

Напротив

understatement

Синонимы

exaggeration

overstatement

exorbitance

extravagance

hyperbola

overstate

exaggerate

preciosity

excessive

Переводы

hyperbole

hipérbole

iperbole

Hyperbel

Übertreibung

υπερβολή

hyperbool

hipérbole

hyperbole

hipèrbole

exagération

exageració

exageración

exagero

Произносится как (IPA)

/haɪˈpɜːbəli/

Этимология (Английский)

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.