simile

== English == === Etymology === From Latin simile (“comparison, likeness, parallel”) (first attested 1393), originally from simile, neuter form of similis (“like, similar, resembling”). Compare English similar. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɪməli/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsəməli/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈsɪməle/, /-lɪ/, /-li/ === Noun === simile (countable and uncountable, plural similes or similia) (literary device) A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as. Antonym: dissimile Hypernym: figure of speech Coordinate terms: (when the comparison is implicit) metaphor, analogy Similarity or resemblance to something else; likeness, similitude. Something similar that's not a clone. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === metaphor Category:English similes Appendix:English similes === Further reading === simile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === mislie, smilie == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /siˈmile/ Rhymes: -ile Syllabification: si‧mi‧le === Adverb === simile similarly === Further reading === “simile”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “simile”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Interlingua == === Adjective === simile (comparative plus simile, superlative le plus simile) similar == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin similis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsi.mi.le/ Rhymes: -imile Hyphenation: sì‧mi‧le === Adjective === simile m or f by sense (plural simili) similar such ==== Synonyms ==== similare ==== Antonyms ==== diverso, differente, dissimile ==== Related terms ==== similitudine similmente simil- === Anagrams === mesili, smieli == Latin == === Adjective === simile nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of similis === References === “simile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Italian simile. === Adverb === simile simile