alegoria

From alegorio +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): [aleɡoˈria]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: a‧le‧go‧ri‧a

alegoria

1. allegorical, allegoric

• alegoryja (Middle Polish)
• alegorja (pre-reform orthography (1936))

Learned borrowing from Latin allēgoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).^[1] First attested in 1583.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /a.lɛˈɡɔ.rja/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrja
• Syllabification: a‧le‧go‧ria

alegoria f (diminutive alegoryjka)

1. (narratology, rhetoric) allegory (narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)
2. (by extension) allegory (symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning)
3. (Middle Polish) fiction, make-believe^[1]

• alegoria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• alegoria in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “allegoria”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “alegorja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alegorja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 23
• alegoria in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Borrowed from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).^[1]

• Hyphenation: a‧le‧go‧ri‧a

alegoria f (plural alegorias)

1. allegory (the representation of abstract principles)

• alegórico