alliteration
11alliteration — (n.) 1650s, a begining with the same letter, from Mod.L. alliterationem (nom. alliteratio), noun of action from pp. stem of alliterare to begin with the same letter, from L. ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + littera (also litera) letter, script (see… …
12alliteration — ► NOUN ▪ the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. DERIVATIVES alliterate verb alliterative adjective alliteratively adverb. ORIGIN Latin, from littera letter …
13alliteration — [ə lit΄ər ā′shən] n. [ML alliteratio < L ad , to + littera, LETTER1] repetition of an initial sound, usually of a consonant or cluster, in two or more words of a phrase, line of poetry, etc. (Ex.: “What a t ale of t error now their t urbulency …
14Allitération — L allitération (substantif féminin), du latin ad ( à ) et littera ( lettre ) est une figure de style qui consiste en la répétition d une ou plusieurs consonnes, à l attaque des syllabes accentuées, à l intérieur d un même vers ou d une même… …
15Alliteration — Die Alliteration (von lateinisch ad: „zu“, littera: „Buchstabe“) ist eine literarische Stilfigur oder ein rhetorisches Schmuckelement, bei der die betonten Stammsilben zweier oder mehrerer benachbarter Wörter den gleichen Anfangslaut (Anlaut)… …
16alliteration — /euh lit euh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ… …
17Alliteration — Stabreim * * * Al|li|te|ra|ti|on 〈f. 20〉 1. Gleichklang (von Anlauten) 2. 〈Metrik〉 = Stabreim [<lat. ad „zu“ + littera „Buchstabe“] * * * Al|li|te|ra|ti|on, die; , en [zu ↑ ad u. lat. littera = Buchstabe] (Verslehre): gleicher Anlaut der… …
18alliteration — /əlɪtəˈreɪʃən / (say uhlituh rayshuhn) noun 1. the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group: a. with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern. b. with a vowel sound which… …
19Alliteration — A distinctive feature of OldEngl. poetry, alliteration employed similar or identical sounds from the beginning of stressed syllables. It continued in use until the late 14c, alongside French influenced forms of rhyme and metre. Of the great… …
20alliteration — [17] Alliteration is an anglicization of alliterātiō, a modern Latin coinage based on the prefix ad ‘to’ and litera ‘letter’ – from the notion of an accumulation of words beginning with the same letter. The verb alliterate is an early 19th… …
