alliteration

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin allīterātiō, from allīterātus, from allīterō, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and lītera (“a letter”). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/, [əˌlɪɾəˈɹeɪʃən] Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === alliteration (countable and uncountable, plural alliterations) 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. Hypernyms: consonance, consonant rhyme, pararhyme Coordinate term: assonance The recurrence of the same letters or sounds in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== alliterational alliterative alliteratively alliterativeness ==== Translations ==== === References === “alliteration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Further reading === alliteration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia